Etymology

semiabstract

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Today it means: Not entirely abstract; between abstract and concrete Full definition →

English abstract ← Middle English abstract ← Latin abstractus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Latinabstrahō
  6. Latinabstractus
  7. Middle Englishabstract
  8. Englishabstract
  9. English todaysemiabstract

From semi- + abstract.

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