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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024demi-, prefix. - demi- comes from French, where it has the meaning "half.'' This meaning is found in such words as: demigod, demitasse.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024demi-, - a combining form appearing in loanwords from French meaning "half '' (demilune), "lesser'' (demitasse), or sometimes used with a pejorative sense (demimonde);
on this model, also prefixed to words of English origin (demigod).
- Vulgar Latin *dīmedius, for Latin dīmidius half, equivalent. to dī- di-2 + medius middle
- French, combining form representing demi (adjective, adjectival; also noun, nominal and adverb, adverbial)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: demi- prefix - half: demirelief
- of less than full size, status, or rank: demigod
Etymology: via French from Medieval Latin dīmedius, from Latin dīmīdius half, from dis- apart + medius middle |