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Where does “mere” come from?

mere (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

mere (Proto-Indo-European): to delay, hinder

Definitions

  1. to delay, hinder

Ancestry of “mere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “mere”

  • moratorium
  • mora
  • demur
  • demurrage
  • demurring
  • moratoria
  • moraic
  • murrey
  • demurral
  • bimoraic
  • monomoraic
  • demurrable
  • nonmoraic
  • commorant
  • trimoraic
  • moratory
  • bimoraicity
  • commoration
  • demurringly
  • demurreth
  • remorate
  • demorify
  • dimoraic
  • quadrimoraic
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