The story
- French · derived fromdemi-monde
- English todayhalf-world
From half + world, in later use after French demi-monde.
Words from the same roots
Frenchdemi-monde all →
demimondedemiworld
First known use, by meaning
- from 17th c. A hemisphere.
- from 19th c. A group of people on the fringes of society, a subculture; the demimonde.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.