Etymology

semi-skimmed

Today it means: of milk, from which about half of the cream has been removed Full definition →

English skimmed ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishskimmed
  6. English todaysemi-skimmed

From semi- + skimmed.

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