Meanings
- Having a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix.
Synonyms: aperturate
Synonyms & antonyms
suffixHaving a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-“to drill”
- Proto-Indo-European*tréh₁-mn̥“to drill”
- Proto-Hellenic*trḗmə“hole”
- Ancient Greekτρῆμα
- New Latintrēma“aperture”
- English-treme
From New Latin trēma (“aperture”), from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma), from Proto-Hellenic *trḗmə (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréh₁-mn̥ (“to drill”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill”).
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