English

hemisynaptic

From hemi- + synaptic.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Hellenic *áptō

Ancient Greek ἅπτω ‘to join’

Ancient Greek συνάπτω ‘to connect’

Ancient Greek συναπτικός ‘capable of adjusting’

New Latin synapticus

Today it means

adj Relating to a hemisynapse

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

Etymograph / hemisynaptic