Etymograph

English

semisaturation

From semi- + saturation.

Formed from semi- + saturation

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- ‘to satiate’

Latin satur ‘full, sated’

Latin saturō ‘to fill to repletion, sate, satisfy’

Late Latin saturatio ‘act of filling or satisfying’

English saturation

Today it means

noun half-saturation

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

Etymograph / semisaturation