The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἡμῐ́ονος“half ass, mule”
- New Latin · borrowed fromhēmionus
- English todayhemione
From New Latin hēmionus, from Ancient Greek ἡμῐ́ονος (hēmĭ́onos, “half ass, mule”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hemione
Today it means: Equus hemionus, the onager or kiang, a kind of wild ass of Tibet. Full definition →
New Latin hēmionus ← Ancient Greek ἡμῐ́ονος