Etymology

hemina

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Today it means: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L. Full definition →

Latin hēmīna ← Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ
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hemina · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἡμῑ́νᾱ
  2. Latin · borrowed fromhēmīna“half-sextarius”
  3. English todayhemina

Borrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).

hemina · noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἡμῑ́νᾱ
  2. Latin · derived fromhēmīna
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromhemina
  4. English todayhemina

Borrowed from Spanish hemina, from Latin hēmīna, from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).

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