English
hemivertebrate
From hemi- + vertebrate.
Formed from hemi- + vertebrate
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Latin vertō ‘turn’
Latin vertebra ‘joint’
Latin vertebrātus ‘jointed’
English vertebrate
Today it means
adj Related to hemivertebrae
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hemivertebrate