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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek τρῆμα