English

hemiperfect

From hemi- + perfect.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin perficiō ‘to finish’

Latin perfectus ‘finished, complete’

Old French parfit

Middle English perfit

Today it means

adj Having a half-integral abundancy index

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

Etymograph / hemiperfect