Where does “semiremorcă” come from?

semiremorcă (Romanian) comes from French semi-remorque, from French semi-, from Latin sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European sēmi — half; partially.

semiremorcă (Romanian): semi-trailer

Definitions

  1. semi-trailer

Ancestry of “semiremorcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsemi-remorquesemi-trailer
2Frenchsemi-semi-, demi-, half-
3Latinsēmi-half
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēmihalf; partially
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēmi →Every word from Latin sēmi- →Every word from French semi- →