Where does “meristic” come from?
meristic (English) comes from English meristics, from Ancient Greek μέρος, from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros.
meristic (English): Relating to meristics; Relating to the meristem;...
Definitions
- Relating to meristics; Relating to the meristem;...
Ancestry of “meristic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | meristics | The counting of quantitative features of a fish,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μέρος | part, component, region; share, portion; one's... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *(h)méros | — |