merus

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμηρός“thigh”
2. English todaymerus

From Ancient Greek μηρός (mērós, “thigh”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 18th–19th c. The thigh.
• from 19th c. The meropodite; the first segment of the raptorial appendage of a crustacean.
• from 19th c. The plane surface between the channels of a triglyph.