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Where does “meropia” come from?

meropia (English) comes from English mero, from Spanish mero, from Latin merus, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

meropia (English): Partial blindness

Definitions

  1. Partial blindness

Ancestry of “meropia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeroAny of several large groupers of warm seas;...
2Spanishmeromere; pure; grouper
3Latinmerussheer, undiluted, pure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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