Etymograph

English

half-truth

From half- + truth.

A compound of half- + truth

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō ‘truth, promise’

Proto-West Germanic *triuwiþu

Old English trēowþ ‘truth, good faith’

Middle English treuthe ‘loyalty, truth’

English truth

Today it means

noun A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths.

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