-treme

suffix

-treme

suffix

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”).

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

Synonyms: aperturate
Related terms: trema, trematode, tryma

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