Etymograph

English

hemisynthesis

From hemi- + synthesis.

Formed from hemi- + synthesis

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’

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Ancient Greek τίθημι ‘set, place’

Ancient Greek συντίθημι ‘put together, combine’

Ancient Greek σύνθεσις ‘a putting together’

Latin synthesis ‘a collection or reunion of many objects of…’

English synthesis

Today it means

noun The synthesis of a new compound derived from an existing natural product

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