Etymograph

English

half-year

From half- + year.

Formed from half- + year

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year; growing season’

Proto-Germanic *jērą ‘year’

Proto-West Germanic *jār ‘year’

Old English ġēar ‘year’

Middle English yeer

English year

Today it means

noun The period of time equal to half a year; normally referred to as 6 months, but a half-year is more exactly 182.5 days (without a leap day)

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

Etymograph / half-year