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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demi-/ˈdemi/

▶prefix

1 half: demisemiquaver.

2 partially; in an inferior degree: demigod.

– origin via Fr. from med. L. dimedius ‘half’, from earlier dimidius.

'demi-' also found in these Oxford entries:

demi-glace - demijohn - demilune - demi-mondaine - demi-monde - demi-pension - demi-sec - demy

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