Etymology

myomere

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Today it means: A block of zig-zagging W- or V-shaped muscle fibers commonly found in fish and other chordate fossils. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μέρος (méros) ← Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*múHs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mū́s
  3. Ancient Greekμῦς (mûs)
  4. Englishmyo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mer-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)méros
  7. Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros
  8. Ancient Greekμέρος (méros)
  9. English todaymyomere

From myo- + -mere.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.