English

hemispastic

From hemi- + spastic.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Ancient Greek σπᾰ́ω ‘I draw, pull’

Ancient Greek σπᾰ́σῐς ‘drawing up, traction’

Ancient Greek σπαστικός ‘drawing in’

Latin spasticus

Today it means

adj spastic (paralysed) on one side of the body

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

Etymograph / hemispastic