English

half columnar

From half + columnar.

A compound of half + columnar

Proto-Germanic *halbaz

Proto-West Germanic *halb

Old English healf

Middle English half

English half

Proto-Indo-European *kelH- ‘to rise, be tall’

Proto-Italic *kolamen

Latin culmen ‘a pillar, top, crown, summit’

Latin columna ‘column, pillar’

Latin columnāris

Today it means

adj semicolumnar

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

Etymograph / half columnar