Etymograph

English

semipolar

From semi- + polar.

Formed from semi- + polar

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-

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Proto-Hellenic *pólos

Ancient Greek πόλος ‘pivot, hinge, axis, pole’

Latin polus ‘pole’

Late Latin polāris ‘of or pertaining to the poles’

English polar

Today it means

adj Partially polar

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “semipolar”. 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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