The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμερισμός
- English todaymerism
From Ancient Greek μερισμός (merismós). Compare μέρος (méros, “part”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμερισμός all →
merismus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
merism
Today it means: A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low". Full definition →
Ancient Greek μερισμός