† demi-islen.

Forms: see demi- prefix and isle n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: demi- prefix, isle n.

Etymology: < demi- prefix + isle n., after classical Latin paeninsula peninsula n., perhaps immediately after Middle French demie isle (1566 in Amyot). Compare earlier demi-island n., and also earlier half-isle n.

Obsolete.

= demi-island n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula

peninsulaa1552

byland1577

demi-island1600

half-island1600

chersonese1601

demi-isle1609

penisle1611

near-isle1625

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. viii. 200 That Biland, or demy Isle which the Sindi inhabit.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 189 From S. Michaels mount Southward..there is thrust forth a bi-land or demi-Ile.

1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 284 Southward sea-girt she forms a demi-isle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	demi-isle
释义	† demi-islen. Forms: see demi- prefix and isle n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: demi- prefix, isle n. Etymology: < demi- prefix + isle n., after classical Latin paeninsula peninsula n., perhaps immediately after Middle French demie isle (1566 in Amyot). Compare earlier demi-island n., and also earlier half-isle n. Obsolete. = demi-island n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula peninsulaa1552 byland1577 demi-island1600 half-island1600 chersonese1601 demi-isle1609 penisle1611 near-isle1625 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. viii. 200 That Biland, or demy Isle which the Sindi inhabit. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 189 From S. Michaels mount Southward..there is thrust forth a bi-land or demi-Ile. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 284 Southward sea-girt she forms a demi-isle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1609
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