Etymograph

English

half-expect

From half- + expect.

Formed from half- + expect

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Latin speciō ‘to see’

Latin spectō ‘to look at’

Latin exspectō ‘to look out for, await’

English expect

Today it means

verb Almost to expect; to think that something may happen, without being entirely sure.

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

Etymograph / half-expect