Etymology

hemicycle

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Today it means: A semicircle. Full definition →

English cycle ← Middle English cicle ← Late Latin cyclus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  4. Ancient Greekἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)
  5. Englishhemi-
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. English todayhemicycle

From hemi- + cycle.

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