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
- A mammal that lays eggs and has a single...
Ancestry of “monotreme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -treme | Having a trema or tremata of the type, position... |
| 2 | New Latin | trema | aperture |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τρῆμα | hole, aperture, perforation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |