Other forms: semicolons
A semicolon is the mark that separates two closely linked clauses. Use a semicolon here.
It joins where a full stop would separate, which is the whole of its use. A semicolon also divides a list whose items already contain commas.
1nounsemicolonThe mark that separates two closely linked clauses.
“He put a semicolon where a full stop would have been colder.”
semicolon is a mark.
Ancient Greek
κῶλον — a member, limb, clause, part of a verse
Latin
cōlon — a member of a verse of poem
English
colon
English, today
semicolon
From semi- + colon. colon comes from Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (“a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA