Etymograph

English

semipro

From semi- + pro.

Formed from semi- + pro

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward’

Proto-Indo-European *próh₁

Proto-Italic *prō

Latin prō ‘on behalf of’

Middle English pro ‘advantage’

English pro

Today it means

adj Semiprofessional.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “semipro”. 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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