ἡμι-

See also: ἠμί, ημι-, and ημί-

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sēmi. Cognates include Sanskrit सामि (sāmi), Latin sēmi-, and Old High German sami-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.mi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.mi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.mi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.mi/

Prefix

ἡμῐ- • (hēmi-)

half

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἡμι-

Descendants

Greek: ημι- (imi-)
→ English: hemi-
→ French: hémi-
→ Spanish: hemi-

References

“ἡμῐ-”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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