Etymograph

English

semibulk

From semi- + bulk.

Formed from semi- + bulk

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‘beam, pile, prop’

Proto-Germanic *bulkô ‘beam, pile, heap’

Old Norse búlki ‘the freight or the cargo of a ship’

Middle English bulk

English bulk

Today it means

adj intermediate in volume between bulk and small or individual quantities

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “semibulk”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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