The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμερισμός“a dividing”
- English todaymerismus
From Ancient Greek μερισμός (merismós, “a dividing”), derived from the Ancient Greek verb μερίζω (merízō, “to divide into parts”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμερισμός all →
merism
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.