English

hemiloop

From hemi- + loop.

Formed from hemi- + loop

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’

Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to leap, run’

Old Norse hlaupa ‘to leap’

Old Norse hlaup ‘a run’

Middle English loupe ‘noose, loop’

English loop

Today it means

noun Half of a loop, especially of the bowel.

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

Etymograph / hemiloop