-treme

See also: treme and tremé

English

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”).

Suffix

-treme

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

Synonyms

• (palynology): aperturate

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -treme

• monotreme
• anatreme, catatreme, nomotreme, pantotreme, stephanotreme, zonotreme
• diatreme

Related terms

• trematic

Anagrams

• -meter, -metre, Emert, meter, metre, remet, retem