-semic

adjective combining form

-se·​mic

¦sēmik

: having (a specified number of) units of prosodic time

decasemic

icosasemic

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin -semus (from Greek -sēmos, from sēmeion unit of time, note, mark, sign) + English -ic

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