Where does “meridă” come from?

meridă (Romanian) comes from Greek μερίδα, from Ancient Greek μερίς, from Ancient Greek μέρος, from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros.

meridă (Romanian): a piece of the wafer used in communion

Definitions

  1. a piece of the wafer used in communion

Ancestry of “meridă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekμερίδαportion, part; portion, helping, share, ration
2Ancient Greekμερίςpart; a part
3Ancient Greekμέροςpart, component, region; share, portion; one's...
4Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros →Every word from Ancient Greek μέρος →Every word from Ancient Greek μερίς →