| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | s mi- |
| DEFINITION: | Half-, as first member of a compound. 1. sand-blind, from Old English s m-, half, from Germanic *smi-. 2. semi-, from Latin smi-, half. 3. sesqui-, sesterce, from Latin smis, half. 4. hemi-, from Greek hmi-, half. (Pokorny smi- 905.) |
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