Etymology

hemidemisemiquaver

Today it means: A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails. Full definition →

English demisemiquaver ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  4. Ancient Greekἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)
  5. Englishhemi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*me
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  14. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  15. Proto-Italic*meðios
  16. Latinmedius
  17. Latindīmidius
  18. Vulgar Latin*dimedius
  19. Anglo-Normandemi
  20. Middle Englishdemi
  21. Englishdemi-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  23. Latinsēmi-
  24. Englishsemi-
  25. Englishquaver
  26. Englishsemiquaver
  27. Englishdemisemiquaver
  28. English todayhemidemisemiquaver

From hemi- + demisemiquaver.

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