English

hemicastrate

From hemi- + castrate.

Formed from hemi- + castrate

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Middle English castrat ‘(adjective) castrated’

English castrate

Today it means

noun A semicastrated animal.

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Etymograph / hemicastrate

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