Etymology

semidarkness

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Today it means: Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight. Full definition →

English darkness ← 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. Englishdarkness
  6. English todaysemidarkness

From semi- + darkness.

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