Etymology

-treme

Today it means: Having a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix. Full definition →

New Latin trēma ← Ancient Greek τρῆμα ← Proto-Hellenic *trḗmə
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*terh₁-“to drill”
  2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*tréh₁-mn̥“to drill”
  3. Proto-Hellenic · derived from*trḗmə“hole”
  4. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρῆμα
  5. New Latin · borrowed fromtrēma“aperture”
  6. English today-treme

From New Latin trēma (“aperture”), from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma), from Proto-Hellenic *trḗmə (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréh₁-mn̥ (“to drill”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτρῆμα all →

trematryma

Proto-Indo-European*terh₁- all →

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