Etymology

semifluid

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Today it means: Having properties intermediate between liquids and solids Full definition →

English fluid ← Middle English fluid ← Latin fluidus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Latinfluidus
  6. Middle Englishfluid
  7. Englishfluid
  8. English todaysemifluid

From semi- + fluid.

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