-merous
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Having a specified kind or number of parts:
后缀，具有特定种类或数量的部分：
isomerous.
等基数的
语源
- From New Latin -merus
源自 现代拉丁语 -merus - from Greek -meros
源自 希腊语 -meros - from meros [part] * see (s)mer- 2
源自 meros [部分] *参见 (s)mer- 2
-merous
combining form in adjective
(in biology) having a certain number or kind of parts
⇒
dimerous
Origin
from Greek meros part, division-merous
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “having parts” of the kind or number specified by the initial element:
dimerous.
Compare -mer, -mere.
Origin
< Greek -meros, adj. derivative of méros part, portion, share; see -ous
Related Words
- -mer
- -mere
- decamerous
- heptamerous
- heteromerous
- octamerous
-merous
adjective combining form
dimerous
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -merus, from Greek -merēs, from meros — more at merit
: having (such or so many) partsdimerous
-merous
combining form
- Biology having a specified number of parts【生】表示“有…部分的”：
-
pentamerous.
词源
on the pattern of words such as （di）merous （see also -MER ）.
1870 Hooker Stud. Flora p. x,Papaveraceæ. Flowers regular 2-merous.
1888 Athenæum 18 Aug. 228/2 A corolla of four petals could not have been provided with the same amount of nutritive material as a five-merous one.
ORIGIN: Extracted from dimerous
-mer·ous
\_mərəs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: New Latin -merus, from Greek -merēs, from meros part — more at merit
: having (such or so many) parts
< homomerous >
< pentamerous >
< 6-merous >
< homomerous >
< pentamerous >
< 6-merous >
-merous
Suffix
- biology, forming adjectives Having parts of the specified quality.
- chiefly botany and zoology, forming adjectives Comprising the specified number of parts.
Etymology
From the suffixation of the French -mère and its etymon the Ancient Greek -μερής (-merḗs) (“having (the specified number of) parts”, “sharing”: the combining form of μέρος (méros, “part”)) with the English -ous; compare the English -mer and -mere, as well as the French -mère and the German -mer.
Usage notes
- In biological descriptions, it is common to use numbers instead the Greek prefixes.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -merous