English

hemicontusion

From hemi- + contusion.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti ‘to be pushing, hitting’

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Latin contundō ‘to beat’

Latin contūsus ‘beaten to a pulp’

Latin contūsiōnem

Middle French contusion

Today it means

noun unilateral contusion

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

Etymograph / hemicontusion