Etymology of the English word semicolon
the English word
semicolonusing the English prefix
semi-derived from the English word
colonderived from the Latin word
colon (large intestine; colon; pain in large intestine; part of a line of verse, metrical entity; clause of a period)
derived from the Greek word
kolon, κῶλον (great gut; a limb of the body (as if lopped))
Cognates
German
Semikolon, Norwegian
semikolon, Swedish
semikolonUsage
Word found in Modern English
