The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρος“part, portion”
- Latin · derived fromaptus“apt, proper”
- English todayaptamer
From Latin aptus (“apt, proper”) + -mer (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part, portion”); compare mero-).
Words from the same roots
Latinaptus all →
aptaptitude
Ancient Greekμέρος all →
centromeremerosanthimeriaholenmerismhomoeomerous-mer-meremereologymeristicsmero-meromicticmeronymmeronymytelomertrimerous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.