Etymograph

English

halfword

From half + word.

A compound of half + word

Proto-Germanic *halbaz

Proto-West Germanic *halb

Old English healf

Middle English half

English half

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to say’

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Proto-Germanic *wurdą

Proto-West Germanic *word

Old English word

Middle English word ‘a word’

English word

Today it means

noun An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes

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

Etymograph / halfword