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Where does “Trema” come from?

Trema (German) comes from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Trema (German): trema

Definitions

  1. trema

Ancestry of “Trema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrémaa trema, a diaeresis mark
2Ancient Greekτρῆμαhole, aperture, perforation
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “Trema”

  • трема
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