Etymology

semirecumbent

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Today it means: Half lying down, half sitting Full definition →

English recumbent ← 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. Englishrecumbent
  6. English todaysemirecumbent

From semi- + recumbent.

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