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Where does “semithick” come from?

semithick (English) comes from English thick, from Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce, from Proto-West Germanic þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European tégus, from Proto-Indo-European teg-.

semithick (English): Neither thin nor very thick; of limited thickness

Definitions

  1. Neither thin nor very thick; of limited thickness

Ancestry of “semithick”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthickRelatively great in extent from one surface to...
2Middle EnglishthikkeAlternative form of thicke
3Old Englishþiccethick
4Proto-West Germanicþikkwīthick
5Proto-Germanicþekuzthick
6Proto-Indo-Europeantégusthick
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteg-—
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