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-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi/ → /i.mi/ → /i.mi/

• (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- • (hēmi-)

1. half

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἡμι-

Descendants

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

Further reading

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