Etymograph

English

half-read

From half- + read.

Formed from half- + read

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‘to think, arrange’

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Proto-Germanic *rēdaną ‘advise’

Proto-West Germanic *rādan ‘to advise’

Old English rǣdan ‘to counsel’

Middle English reden ‘to counsel’

English read

Today it means

adj Partly read.

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

Etymograph / half-read