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”

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