mero

Etymology

Spanish mero

Noun

mero (plural meros)

1. Any of several large groupers of warm seas.

Anagrams

• -more, More, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, more, omer

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps of local Celtic origin, related to *mrktilos (“speckled”) which originates a number of names of fish in Brittonic languages;^[1] in that case, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“dark, coloured”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾo̝/

Noun

mero m (plural meros)

1. grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra dos rodavallos et do mero a seis dineiros cada libra

     Item, the pound of turbots and of grouper fish, six diñeiros each pound

References

• “mero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mero” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “mero” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Noun

mero

1. boy

Etymology

From Latin merus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛro

Adjective

mero (feminine singular mera, masculine plural meri, feminine plural mere)

1. pure, simple

Anagrams

• more, orme, remo, Remo, remò, Rome

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.roː/, [ˈmɛ.roː]

Noun

merō

1. dative singular of merum
2. ablative singular of merum

Adjective

merō

1. dative masculine singular of merus
2. dative neuter singular of merus
3. ablative masculine singular of merus
4. ablative neuter plural of merus

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maizô, whence also Old Saxon mēro, Old English māra, Dutch meer, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

Adverb

mēro

1. more

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), whence also Old English māra, Old Frisian māra, Dutch meer, Old High German mēro, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

Adverb

mēro

1. more

Adjective

mero m (feminine singular mera, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meras, comparable)

1. mere (no more than)

Etymology 1

From Latin merus.

Etymology 2