Etymology

demigoddess

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English goddess ← Middle English demi ← Anglo-Norman demi
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The story

  1. Latindis-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*me
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  5. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  6. Proto-Italic*meðios
  7. Latinmedius
  8. Latindīmidius
  9. Vulgar Latin*dimedius
  10. Anglo-Normandemi
  11. Middle Englishdemi
  12. Englishdemi-
  13. Englishgoddess
  14. English todaydemigoddess

From demi- + goddess.

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