Etymograph

English

half-time

From half- + time.

Formed from half- + time

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to divide’

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Proto-Germanic *tīmô ‘division, period; time’

Proto-West Germanic *tīmō

Old English tīma ‘time, period’

Middle English tyme

English time

Today it means

noun The interval between the two halves of a sports match.

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

Etymograph / half-time