English

half-sib

From half- + sib.

Formed from half- + sib

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-

Proto-Germanic *sibjaz ‘related’

Old English sibb ‘related, akin, sib’

Middle English sib

English sib

Today it means

noun The offspring of only one of one's parents.

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

Etymograph / half-sib