Etymology

meronymy

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Today it means: The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms. Full definition →

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

From mero- + -onymy (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)); compare meronym.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέρος all →

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