English

hemifusion

From hemi- + fusion.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

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Latin fundō ‘to pour’

Latin fusus ‘poured out, having been poured out, shed,…’

Latin fūsiōnem

Middle French fusion

Today it means

noun Partial fusion, or the first stage in full fusion.

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

Etymograph / hemifusion