ἡμι-

See also: ἠμί, ημι-, and ημί-

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half”). Cognates include Sanskrit सामि (sāmi), Latin sēmi-, and Old High German sami-.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.mi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.mi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.mi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.mi/

Prefix

ἡμῐ- • (hēmĭ-)

half

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἡμι-

ἡμιαμφόριον

ἡμιθωράκιον

ἡμικρανία

ἡμικύκλιον

ἡμικύκλιος

ἡμίλεπτος

ἡμιμέδιμνον

ἡμίμιτρον

ἡμίονος

ἡμιπέλεκκον

ἡμισφαίριον

ἡμιτάλαντον

Descendants

Greek: ημι- (imi-)
→ English: hemi-
→ French: hémi-
→ Spanish: hemi-

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἡμι-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 519-20

Further reading

“ἡμῐ-”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press