Etymology

semiskilled

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Today it means: Requiring, or having, only minimal levels of training. Full definition →

English skilled ← 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. Englishskilled
  6. English todaysemiskilled

From semi- + skilled.

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