Where does “semihemisphere” come from?
semihemisphere (English) comes from English hemisphere, from Latin hēmisphaerium, from Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
semihemisphere (English): Half of a hemisphere (thus having two plane sides at right-angles)
Definitions
- Half of a hemisphere (thus having two plane sides at right-angles)
Ancestry of “semihemisphere”, step by step
semihemisphere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hemisphere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hemisphere | Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by... |
| 2 | Latin | hēmisphaerium | hemisphere |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἡμισφαίριον | hemisphere |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |