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Where does “eptameride” come from?

eptameride (English) comes from English meride, from French méride, from Ancient Greek μερίς, from Ancient Greek μέρος, from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros.

eptameride (English): Alternative spelling of heptameride

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of heptameride

Ancestry of “eptameride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmerideAn interval of pitch equal to 1/43 of an octave;...
2Frenchméride—
3Ancient Greekμερίςpart; a part
4Ancient Greekμέροςpart, component, region; share, portion; one's...
5Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros—
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