Where does “monotreme” come from?

monotreme (English) comes from English -treme, from New Latin trema, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

monotreme (English): A mammal that lays eggs and has a single...

Definitions

  1. A mammal that lays eggs and has a single...

Ancestry of “monotreme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-tremeHaving a trema or tremata of the type, position...
2New Latintremaaperture
3Ancient Greekτρῆμαhole, aperture, perforation
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “monotreme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek τρῆμα →
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