Where does “semistructured” come from?
Semistructured comes from English structured with the prefix semi-, from Latin semi-, from Proto-Indo-European sēmi, related to Proto-Indo-European sem- meaning half or one.
semistructured (English): Partially structured; having a certain degree of...
Definitions
- Partially structured; having a certain degree of...
Ancestry of “semistructured”, step by step
semistructured traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English structured
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | structured | having structure; organized; simple past tense... |
| 2 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 3 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 4 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 5 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |