The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρος“part”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτρία“three”
- English todaytrimerous
From tri- + -merous; ultimately from tri-, from Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”); + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέρος all →
centromeremerosaptameranthimeriaholenmerismhomoeomerous-mer-meremereologymeristicsmero-meromicticmeronymmeronymytelomer
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.