-derm

English

suffix
Definitions
  • skin or covering

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέρμα (skin, hide, leather) root from Proto-Indo-European *der- (tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*der-

Gloss

tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

泪, 涙

Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲

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