Etymograph

English

hemicrystalline

hemi- + crystalline

Formed from hemi- + crystalline

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Ancient Greek κρύος ‘cold’

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Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος ‘of crystal’

Latin crystallinus ‘crystal’

Old French cristallin

Middle English cristallyn

English crystalline

Today it means

adj Synonym of semicrystalline.

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

Etymograph / hemicrystalline