English

hemispindle

From hemi- + spindle.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénh₁-ne-

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Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu

Old English spinl

Old English spindle

Middle English spyndel

Today it means

noun Either of a pair of structures formed from division of a centriole during mitosis that move apart to form a spindle

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

Etymograph / hemispindle