The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμερίς“part”
- New Latin · borrowed frommerithallus
- English todaymerithallus
From New Latin merithallus, from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “part”) + θαλλός (thallós, “branch”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμερίς all →
meridemerisis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.