English

hemipons

From hemi- + pons.

Formed from hemi- + pons

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘path’

Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s ‘path, road’

Proto-Italic *ponts

Latin pōns ‘bridge’

English pons

Today it means

noun Either the left or right half of the pons

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

Etymograph / hemipons