>No connection. It's from _hemi_ '1/2' and the etymology is '1 1/2'.
> Animated: Please, no. Web pages have far too many annoying
> non-stop looped animated ads. Text would be even worse.
>
> However, afaik, sometimes a different color (often red?)
> was used in some manuscripts for special "markup". I'm
> reminded (as a recorder player) being told that the word
> "hemiola" referred originally to red (color of blood) markup.