Where does “trimer” come from?
I need to work through this etymology chain carefully, but I notice there are significant problems with the data provided. The chain shows: - English -mer | Ancient Greek μέρος | Latin tres | English three | Proto-Indo-European tréyes | Proto-Indo-European tréyes | Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ | Proto-Germanic þrīz This chain is contradictory and doesn't form a coherent path. It jumps between different language families (Greek/Latin/Germanic) without proper intermediate steps, includes "English three" in what should be a chain going backward in time, and repeats Proto-Indo-European. For "trimer," the actual etymology would involve: - English trimer (combining "tri-" meaning three + "-mer" from Greek μέρος "part") However, following your instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and given the inco
trimer (English): A polymer composed of three monomers
Definitions
- A polymer composed of three monomers
Ancestry of “trimer”, step by step
trimer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mer | A repeat unit: a structural unit which through... |
| 2 | English | polymer | A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain... |
| 3 | English | poly- | many; polymer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |