Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Somewhat; to some extent.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA semi-detached house. · A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic. · A semifinal. · A partial erection of the penis.
The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
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- Root classification mention*sem-ine-pro
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