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semen.

semen

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɛmɛn/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsɛ.mɛn]Standard-Indonesian
  1. semen

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin sēmen (“semen, seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).

noun/səˈmɛn/Standard-Indonesian[səˈmen]Standard-Indonesian
  1. cement

  2. cementum

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin caementum Old French cimentbor. Middle Dutch ciment Dutch cementbor. Indonesian semen Borrowed from Dutch cement (“cement”), from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”). Cognate with Afrikaans sement (“cement”). The sense “cementum” is a semantic loan from English cement.

noun/səˈmɛn/Standard-Indonesian[səˈmen]Standard-Indonesian
  1. batik pattern depicting a garuda with two wings, a tail, and a mountain, generally dark blue with a gold pattern

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