English Explanatory Dictionary

-treme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

-treme

Etymology

From New Latin trema (“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”).

Synonyms

aperturate

Related words

trema trematode tryma
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