Etymograph

English

half-shower

half + shower

A compound of half + shower

Proto-Germanic *halbaz

Proto-West Germanic *halb

Old English healf

Middle English half

English half

Proto-Germanic *skūrō ‘storm’

Proto-West Germanic *skūru

Old English sċūr

Middle English schour

English shower

Today it means

noun A pattern which consists of throwing the objects thrown by one hand over the top of the objects thrown by the other hand. Each object is thrown to the opposite hand.

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

Etymograph / half-shower