Etymology

semifertile

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Today it means: Partially fertile Full definition →

English fertile ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishfertile
  6. English todaysemifertile

From semi- + fertile.

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