English

hemitriglyph

From hemi- + triglyph.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- ‘to split, carve’

Proto-Indo-European *glúbʰeti

Proto-Hellenic *glúpʰō

Ancient Greek γλῠ́φω ‘to carve, engrave’

Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος

Today it means

noun A portion of a triglyph, made incomplete by the sudden breaking off of the frieze.

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

Etymograph / hemitriglyph