English Explanatory Dictionary

demi-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. partial
  2. half
  3. Only the upper or front half of

Pronunciation

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Word forms

demi-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðjos Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- From Middle English demi (“half, half-sized, partial”), from Anglo-Norman demi (“half”), from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius, from dis- (“apart; in two”) + medius (“middle”).

Synonyms

semi- half- hemi-

Antonyms

holo-

Derived words

demibastion demicanton demiglace demigod demigoddess demimondaine demimonde demi-plié demi-pointe demirelief demirep demisemiquaver demisexual demitasse demiworld
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