English

hemilayer

From hemi- + layer.

Formed from hemi- + layer

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Middle English leyer ‘a layer of stones’

English layer

Today it means

noun Either half of a layer

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