Etymograph

English

half-bred

From half- + bred.

Formed from half- + bred

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-dʰ-

Proto-Germanic *bredą ‘board, plank, shelf’

Proto-West Germanic *bred

Old English bred ‘board, plank, tablet, table’

Middle English bred

English bred

Today it means

adj not well-bred; imperfectly trained or ill-acquainted to good manners.

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

Etymograph / half-bred