The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἡμιστίχιον
- Latin · derived fromhēmistichium
- French · borrowed fromhémistiche
- English todayhemistich
From French hémistiche, from Latin hēmistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.