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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).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: полу- (polu-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Catalan: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Chinese Mandarin: 半- (bàn-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Czech: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Finnish: puoli- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Finnish: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• French: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• French: demi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• French: à moitié — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Galician: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Georgian: ნახევრად- (naxevrad-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Georgian: ნახევარ- (naxevar-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• German: halb — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• German: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Greek: ημι- (imi-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Hebrew: חצי־ (khatsí-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Hebrew: סמי־ (sémi-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Hungarian: szemi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Hungarian: fél- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Hungarian: félig- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Ido: mi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Irish: leath- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Italian: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Italian: mezzo- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Japanese: 半- (han-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Korean: 반- (ban-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Latin: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Malay: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Norwegian: halv- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Persian: نیم (nim-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Polish: pół- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Portuguese: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Punjabi: ਅਧ- (adha-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Romanian: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Romanian: demi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Romanian: emi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Romanian: hemi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Russian: полу- (polu-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Russian: семи- (semi-) — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Spanish: semi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Spanish: hemi- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Swedish: halv- — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-
• Turkish: yarı — half (prefix) — see also half-, hemi-, demi-