English
halfways
From halfway + -s (adverbial suffix).
Formed from halfway + -s
Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to convey, transport’
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Proto-West Germanic *weg ‘way, road’
Old English weġ ‘road’
Old English healfweġ ‘half-way’
Middle English halfwey
English halfway
Today it means
adv Half of the way between two points; midway.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / halfways