word-forming element meaning "always, ever," from Latin semper "always, ever, at all times, continuously" (literally "once for all"), from PIE *semper-, from root *sem- (1) "one; as one, together with" + *per- "during, for."
Semitism
semitone
semi-trailer
semi-weekly
semolina
semper-
semper idem
sempiternal
*sen-
senate
senator
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