mere

Words with a similar base: mere

'mere'

[mere.n.01] as in: a small pond of standing water

'mere'

[mere.s.01] as in: being nothing more than specified

Examples:
a mere child

'mere'

[bare.s.04] as in: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

Examples:
only the bare facts
shocked by the mere idea
the simple passage of time was enough
the simple truth

Origins

					mere (English)
├── meer (Anglo-Norman)
│   └── mier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│       └── merus (Latin)
├── mere (Maori)
└── mere (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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