Etymology

meristics

me·ris·tics
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Today it means: The counting of quantitative features of a fish, such as its number of fins or of scales. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μέρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρος“part”
  2. English todaymeristics

From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ist + -ics.

Words from the same roots

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