English

haltkeeper

From halt + keeper.

A compound of halt + keeper

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-d-

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Proto-West Germanic *halt ‘lame’

Proto-West Germanic *haltōn ‘to limp, walk lamely’

Old English healtian ‘to be lame, walk with a limp’

Middle English halten ‘to limp’

English halt

Middle English kepere

Today it means

noun A person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).

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

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