The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρος“part”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐν“in”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὅλος“whole”
- English todayholenmerism
From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ism.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὅλος all →
hologramholonholoprosencephalyholardholo-holocrineholomicticholonymy
Ancient Greekἐν all →
endemicengramenanthesisencephalosendermicenderonenhypostasia
Ancient Greekμέρος all →
centromeremerosaptameranthimeriahomoeomerous-mer-meremereologymeristicsmero-meromicticmeronymmeronymytelomertrimerous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.