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Where does “trema” come from?

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

trema (New Latin): aperture

Definitions

  1. aperture

Ancestry of “trema”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trema”

  • monotreme
  • peritreme
  • atreme
  • zonotreme
  • -treme
  • anatreme
  • anomotreme
  • nomotreme
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