different between fasciole vs semita

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fasciola (“a little bandage”). See fascia.

Noun

fasciole (plural fascioles)

1. (zoology) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.

Derived terms

• parafasciole

Anagrams

• focalise

English

Etymology

Latin semita (“a path”).

Noun

semita (plural semitae)

1. A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.

Anagrams

• Amesti, Maties, aimest, maiest, maties, misate, miseat, samite, tamise

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s??mi.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se?mi.ta/

Etymology

Sem +? -ita

Adjective

semita (masculine and feminine plural semites)

1. Semitic

Noun

semita m or f (plural semites)

1. Semite

Derived terms

• antisemita
• semític
• semitisme
• semitista

Further reading

• “semita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Adjective

semita (accusative singular semitan, plural semitaj, accusative plural semitajn)

1. singular past passive participle of semi

Italian

Etymology 1

Sem (“Shem”) +? -ita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?mi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: se?mì?ta

Adjective

semita (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)

1. Semitic

   Synonym: semitico

Noun

semita m (plural semiti)

1. Semite

Derived terms

• antisemita

References

• semìta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin s?mita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.mi.ta/
• Hyphenation: sè?mi?ta

Noun

semita f (plural semite)

1. (obsolete) path

   Synonym: sentiero

Related terms

• sentiero

References

• sèmita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• astemi, mestai

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *s?mit?, from Proto-Indo-European *swé(d) (“by oneself; away, without”) +? *(h?)mey- (“change, exchange”) +? *-téh?. For *swé(d), compare s?-, s?, sed. For *(h?)mey-, compare me?. The LIV disagrees with De Vaans' reconstruction of *h?mey- but prefers *mey-, though Beekes agrees with De Vaan. Compare tr?mes.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?se?.mi.ta/, [?s?e?m?t?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?se.mi.ta/, [?s??mit??]

Noun

s?mita f (genitive s?mitae); first declension

1. narrow way, footpath

   Antonym: via

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• s?m?ta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• semita in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• s?m?ta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,420/3
• “s?mita” on page 1,732/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “s?mita” on page 1,909/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Portuguese

Noun

semita m, f (plural semitas)

1. Semite (member of the Semites, an ethnic group of the Middle East)

Adjective

semita m or f (plural semitas, comparable)

1. Semitic (relating to the Semites)
2. (linguistics) Semitic (relating to the Semitic language family)

Synonyms

• semítico

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?mita/, [se?mi.t?a]
• Homophone: cemita (Americas)

Etymology 1

Sem +? -ita

Adjective

semita (plural semitas)

1. Semitic

Noun

semita m or f (plural semitas)

1. Semite

Derived terms

• antisemita
• semitismo
• semitista

Related terms

• semítico
• semitanet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

semita f (plural semitas)

1. (Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador) Alternative form of cemita

Further reading

• “semita” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.