English

hemihelical

From hemi- + helical.

Formed from hemi- + helical

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Today it means

adj Having the form of a hemihelix.

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