Where does “tetramer” come from?

Tetramer comes from Ancient Greek μέρος (meros, "part") combined with a prefix from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres ("four"), denoting a molecule composed of four subunits.

tetramer (English): An oligomer having four subunits

Definitions

  1. An oligomer having four subunits

Ancestry of “tetramer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-mer
2Ancient Greekμέροςpart, component, region; share, portion; one's...
3Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros

Words derived from “tetramer

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros