English

semichild

From semi- + child.

Formed from semi- + child

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- ‘womb’

Proto-Germanic *kelþaz ‘womb’

Proto-West Germanic *kilþ

Old English ċild

Middle English child ‘a child’

English child

Today it means

noun A person who is partly a child, or somewhat childlike.

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

Etymograph / semichild