Etymology

semigloss

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Today it means: Slightly shiny, between matte (or flat) and gloss. Full definition →

English gloss ← 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. Englishgloss
  6. English todaysemigloss

From semi- + gloss.

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