μέρος

Greek (Cypriot)

/ˈmeɾos/

noun

Definitions

(most senses) part a fraction of a whole
place an area, somewhere within an area
(music) movement, part
party, side group of people forming one side in a given dispute
(euphemistic) loo, privy, commode, lavatory toilet

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek μέρος (part, portion, component, destiny, a part, share, fate, lot).

Origin

Ancient Greek

μέρος

Gloss

part, portion, component, destiny, a part, share, fate, lot

Concept

Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-mer English
-mere English
epimeron English
mereology English
meristics English
meronym English
meronymy English
meropic English
mereologia Finnish
Centromer German
centrómero Spanish, Castilian
μέρος Ancient Greek
τέλος Ancient Greek
τρία Ancient Greek
ἑπταμερής Ancient Greek
ὅμοιος Ancient Greek
*(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
polymer Norwegian Bokmål
polymer Norwegian Nynorsk
-méir Irish
κωλομέρι Greek (modern)
μερικός Greek (modern)
μονομέρεια Greek (modern)
μονομερής Greek (modern)
πολυμέρεια Greek (modern)
πολυμερής Greek (modern)
-мер Bulgarian