English

semiweak

From semi- + weak.

Formed from semi- + weak

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃weyg- ‘to start moving’

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Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną ‘to yield, cease, fold’

Proto-Germanic *waikwaz ‘weak, soft, pliable’

Old Norse veikr ‘pliant; weak’

Middle English waik

English weak

Today it means

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