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Where does “semiattached” come from?

semiattached (English) comes from English semi-, from Latin sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European sēmi — half; partially.

semiattached (English): Attached on one side; sharing a wall with a...

Definitions

  1. Attached on one side; sharing a wall with a...

Ancestry of “semiattached”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsemi-half; partial, incomplete; somewhat, rather,...
2Latinsēmi-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansēmihalf; partially
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