Where does “hemistich” come from?
hemistich (English) comes from French hémistiche, from Latin hēmistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον, from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
hemistich (English): An approximate half-line of verse, separated from...
Definitions
- An approximate half-line of verse, separated from...
Ancestry of “hemistich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hémistiche | hemistich; caesura |
| 2 | Latin | hēmistichium | hemistich |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἡμιστίχιον | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στίχος | a row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |