English

hemispherule

From hemi- + spherule.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick, rebound, move convulsively’

Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ ‘ball, globe’

Latin sphaera ‘sphere’

Latin sphērula

Today it means

noun A half spherule.

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

Etymograph / hemispherule