Etymograph

English

halfgod

Halfgod comes from Middle English half-god.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500half-god
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1921halfgod

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500half-god
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1921halfgod

Earliest quotation: 1921, George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford: “Yes, I. Her. Who are you and what? Half.…”

Formed from half- + god

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Proto-Germanic *gudą ‘god, deity’

Proto-West Germanic *god ‘god, deity’

Old English god ‘god’

Middle English god

English god

Every English word from Middle English half-god

Today it means

noun A demigod.

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

Etymograph / Middle English half-god / halfgod

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