English

hemisynthetic

From hemi- + synthetic.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ

Ancient Greek σύνθεσις ‘putting together’

Ancient Greek συνθετικός ‘skilled in putting together, constructive’

French synthétique

Today it means

adj Related to, or produced by hemisynthesis

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

Etymograph / hemisynthetic