Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/3
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryConsisting of a half (½, 50%). · Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect. · Having one parent (rather than two) in common. · Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.
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