English

semisterility

From semi- + sterility.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘sterile’

Latin sterilis ‘barren, sterile’

Latin sterilitās ‘sterility, barrenness’

Middle English sterylite

Today it means

noun The condition of being semisterile

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

Etymograph / semisterility