Etymograph

English

semislug

From semi- + slug.

Formed from semi- + slug

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Middle English slugge ‘lazy person", also "sloth, slothfulness’

English slug

Today it means

noun A land gastropod whose shell is too small to retract into, but not vestigial.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “semislug”. 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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