demi-

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
4. Proto-Italic*dis-
5. Latindis-
6. Proto-Indo-European*me
7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
8. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
9. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
10. Proto-Italic*meðios
11. Latinmedius
12. Latindīmidius
13. Vulgar Latin*dimedius
14. Anglo-Normandemi
15. Middle Englishdemi
16. English todaydemi-

From Middle English demi (“half, half-sized, partial”), from Anglo-Norman demi (“half”), from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius, from dis- (“apart; in two”) + medius (“middle”).

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