Etymograph

English

Semi-Bantu

From semi- + Bantu.

Formed from semi- + Bantu

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ ‘people’

English Bantu

Today it means

noun An ethnolinguistic grouping of inhabitants of the Western grassfields of Cameroon whose languages share certain characteristics with the Bantu language family.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Semi-Bantu