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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

-treme en · X

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Having a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix.

Relateds

tryma · trema · trematode

Synonyms

aperturate