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hemistich

Meaninghalf verse

Common meaning: half of a line of poetry

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STIGH‘stride, to climb’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 429, p. 745 · scan
  2. Greekἡμιστίχιον‘half verse’source
  3. Latinhemistichium‘half verse’source
  4. Englishhemistich‘half of a line of poetry’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Greek ἡμιστίχιον ‘half verse’.

Roots

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