The story
- Latin · derived from-ia
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρος“part”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromᾰ̓ντῐ-“opposite”
- Latin · derived fromanti-
- New Latin · learned borrowing fromantimeria
- English todayanthimeria
Learned borrowing from New Latin antimeria, from Latin anti- (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-, “opposite”)) + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + Latin -ia, with non-etymological ⟨h⟩.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέρος all →
centromeremerosaptamerholenmerismhomoeomerous-mer-meremereologymeristicsmero-meromicticmeronymmeronymytelomertrimerous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.