English

hemisulfate

From hemi- + sulfate.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Latin sulphur ‘sulfur’

New Latin sulphatum

French sulfate

Today it means

noun Any compound in which only one of two basic groups are reacted with sulfate

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Etymograph / hemisulfate