English

hemicerebrum

From hemi- + cerebrum.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂srom

Proto-Italic *kerazrom ‘brain’

Latin cerebrum ‘a brain’

Middle English cerebrum ‘brain’

Today it means

noun A lateral half of the cerebrum.

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

Etymograph / hemicerebrum