semiproductive

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English semiproductive From semi- + productive.

  1. derived from *per-der

Definitions

  1. Somewhat or partly productive.

    • And trust me, it may take decades, but this woman will get over you eventually, and even go on to live a semiproductive life.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semiproductive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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