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- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishhighway
- English todaysemi-highway
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An undivided road, usually two lanes, which is built on one roadway of a highway and functions as a temporary replacement until the second roadway is built. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.