Hemi as in hemisphere?

Question

Hemi as in hemisphere?

Answer 1

Half.

A sphere is like a ball. The Earth is a sphere too, divided by an imaginary line called the Equator, into the 'top' half and the 'bottom' half. These are better known as the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

The origin of 'hemi' is Greek, not Latin.

Answer 2

prefix meaning "half," from Gk. hemi-, from PIE base *semi-, which is the source of Skt. sami, L. semi-, O.H.G. sami- "half," and O.E. sam- (see sandblind).

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term...

Etymology

From Ancient Greek prefix ἡμι- (hēmi-), “‘half’”) < ἥμισυς (hēmisus), “‘half’”)

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hemi-?rdfr...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q...

Answer 3

Hemi is another one of many latin prefixes, it is used instead of "demi" in objects relating to articles of shape, size, or origin. The meaning of hemi is 1/2 (half of a whole), or 50%.  

Answer 4

It means "half"