English

hemiparasite

From hemi- + parasite.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Ancient Greek παράσιτος ‘person who eats at the table of another’

Latin parasitus ‘sponger, parasite, freeloader’

Middle French parasite

Today it means

noun Any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host

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

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