Where does “semirigid” come from?

semirigid (English) comes from English rigid, from Latin rigiditas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

semirigid (English): partially rigid

Definitions

  1. partially rigid

Ancestry of “semirigid”, step by step

semirigid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rigid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrigidStiff, rather than flexible; Fixed, rather than...
2Latinrigiditasstiffness, rigidity; hardness
3Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via French semi-rigide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsemi-rigidesemirigid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Latin -tās →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ →