The Hemi: When, What and Why: Its all Greek (and Latin) to me

» dancooper - Its all Greek (and Latin) to me

In response to Re: Re: Re: Re: So THAT's what it means! posted by humorous_sage:

You are right, of course, about Latin’s influence being tremendous in our language. But in this case, the Greek is the source for the Latin version. Of my two favorite unabridged dictionaries, one is far better at derivations. Random House Webster’s mentions a Middle English variant coming from an Old French term, which itself comes from the Latin, hemisphaerium. But it also cites the Latin word coming from the Greek, hemisphairion.

Dan

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