English

semicryptic

From semi- + cryptic.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Ancient Greek κρύπτω ‘to hide’

Ancient Greek κρυπτός ‘hidden’

Ancient Greek κρυπτικός ‘obscuring’

Late Latin crypticus

Today it means

adj Somewhat cryptic or enigmatic.

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

Etymograph / semicryptic