Etymograph

English

half-hour

From half- + hour.

Formed from half- + hour

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year’

Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ ‘any defined period of time’

Latin hōra

Old French houre

Middle English houre

English hour

Today it means

noun A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.

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

Etymograph / half-hour