The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-μερής“having (the specified number of) parts”, “sharing”
- French · derived from-mère
- English today-merous
From French -mère and its etymon Ancient Greek -μερής (-merḗs, “having (the specified number of) parts”, “sharing”): the combining form of μέρος (méros, “part”)) with the English suffix -ous; compare the English -mer and -mere, as well as the French -mère and the German -mer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.