Where does “semiseparable” come from?
Semiseparable comes from Latin separabilis, capable of being separated, combined with the prefix semi- from Latin semi-, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sem-, meaning half or together.
semiseparable (English): Partially separable
Definitions
- Partially separable
Ancestry of “semiseparable”, step by step
semiseparable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English separable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | separable | Able to be separated; Of a topological space,... |
| 2 | Middle French | séparable | — |
| 3 | Latin | separabilis | separable |
| 4 | Latin | sēparō | to divide, separate |
| 5 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 6 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 9 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |