Where does “half-timer” come from?
half-timer (English) comes from English half-time, from English half, from Middle English half, from Old English healf, from Proto-Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
half-timer (English): One who works only half the usual time
Definitions
- One who works only half the usual time
Ancestry of “half-timer”, step by step
half-timer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English half-time
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | half-time | The interval between the two halves of a sports match |
| 2 | English | half | Consisting of a half; Consisting of some... |
| 3 | Middle English | half | half |
| 4 | Old English | healf | side; half; partly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *halb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | halbaz | half |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |