English

semihug

From semi- + hug.

Formed from semi- + hug

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Germanic *hugiz ‘mind, thought, sense, understanding’

Old Norse hugga

English hug

Today it means

noun A partial hug.

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