Etymograph

English

semiring

From semi- + ring.

A compound of semi- + ring

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-

Proto-Germanic *hringaz

Proto-West Germanic *hring

Old English hring ‘ring’

Middle English ryng

English ring

Today it means

noun An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that each element must have an additive inverse.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “semiring”. 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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