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Where does “hemiperfect” come from?

hemiperfect (English) comes from English perfect, from Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit, from Latin perfectus, from Latin perficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

hemiperfect (English): Having a half-integral abundancy index

Definitions

  1. Having a half-integral abundancy index

Ancestry of “hemiperfect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperfectFitting its definition precisely; Having all of...
2Middle Englishperfitperfect
3Old Frenchparfit—
4Latinperfectusachieved, executed, carried out, finished,...
5Latinperficiō—
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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