Etymology

semireflective

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Today it means: Partially reflective Full definition →

English reflective ← 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. Englishreflective
  6. English todaysemireflective

From semi- + reflective.

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