Etymology

semirounded

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Today it means: Neither fully rounded nor angular; somewhat rounded Full definition →

English rounded ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishrounded
  6. English todaysemirounded

From semi- + rounded.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.