Where does “tetramer” come from?

tetramer (Romanian) comes from French tétramère, from French -mère, from Ancient Greek μέρος, from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros.

tetramer (Romanian): tetramerous

Definitions

  1. tetramerous

Ancestry of “tetramer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtétramèretetramer
2French-mère-merous
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 French -mère →