English
semifictional
From semi- + fictional.
A compound of semi- + fiction + -al + fictional
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
English fictional
Today it means
adj Partially but not entirely fictional
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / semifictional