Where does “semis” come from?

semis (Latin) comes from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

semis (Latin): a half, a half-unit

Definitions

  1. a half, a half-unit

Ancestry of “semis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “semis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →