Etymology

demisemiquaver

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Today it means: A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails. Full definition →

English semiquaver ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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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. Englishdemi-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  19. Latinsēmi-
  20. Englishsemi-
  21. Englishquaver
  22. Englishsemiquaver
  23. English todaydemisemiquaver

From demi- + semiquaver.

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