Etymology

semi-weekly

Today it means: Occurring twice a week; occurring once every one-half a week Full definition →

English weekly ← 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. Englishweekly
  6. English todaysemi-weekly

From semi- + weekly.

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