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semi-

prefix
/sɛmi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek).

  1. derived from *sēmi✻
  2. borrowed from semi-

Definitions

  1. half

    • semi-invalid.

  2. partial, incomplete

  3. somewhat, rather, quasi-

    • Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA