English

hemiobol

From hemi- + obol.

Formed from hemi- + obol

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Ancient Greek ὀβελός ‘spit, rod’

Ancient Greek ὀβολός ‘obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight…’

English obol

Today it means

noun A coin worth half an obol.

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

Etymograph / hemiobol