Etymograph

English

half-bat

From half- + bat.

Formed from half- + bat

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Middle English bakke

English bat

Today it means

noun A bat (brick with one whole end) that is exactly half the length of the original brick.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / half-bat