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half-

prefix

Etymology

From Middle English half-, from Old English healf-, from Proto-Germanic *halba- (“half-”), from *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Dutch half- (“half-”), German halb- (“half-”), Swedish halv- (“half-”), Icelandic hálf- (“half-”). More at half.

  1. inherited from *halba-✻ — “half-”
  2. inherited from healf-
  3. inherited from half-

Definitions

  1. half or partial

    half or partial; not complete

  2. Used before brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and so forth, to indicate that the person being…

    Used before brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is related only through one parent, grandparent, and so forth, rather than two.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for half-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA