English

hemitubular

From hemi- + tubular.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Latin tuba ‘long trumpet over 1 meter in length,…’

Latin tubus ‘trumpet used at sacrifices’

Latin tubulus ‘diminutive of tubus’

Today it means

adj Synonym of semitubular.

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

Etymograph / hemitubular