English

hemibranch

From hemi- + branch.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Late Latin branca ‘footprint; later paw, claw’

Old French branche ‘branch’

Middle English branche

Today it means

noun In fishes, either of the two rows of gill filaments that form a gill arch.

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

Etymograph / hemibranch