English

hemibody

From hemi- + body.

Formed from hemi- + body

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‘to be awake’

Proto-West Germanic *bodag ‘body’

Old English bodiġ ‘body’

Middle English body

English body

Today it means

noun Either half of the body

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

Etymograph / hemibody