Etymology

homoeomerous

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Today it means: Having similar quantities or variations pertaining to parts of structure. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅμοιος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρος“portion”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromὅμοιος“of like kind”, “similar”
  3. English todayhomoeomerous

From homoe- (from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”)) + -o- + -merous (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “portion”)).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὅμοιος all →

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Ancient Greekμέρος all →

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