## Meanings
1. One of two equal parts of something.
2. Partly, or to the degree of one half.
3. Sharing only one parent, used of brothers and sisters.

## Examples
- She gave me half of her sandwich.
- We were half hidden behind the bushes.
- She has a half brother from her father's first marriage.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: half
- Root: healf
- Root: *halb
- Root: *halbaz

## Etymology
From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

## AI Etymology
Half comes from Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf. In current use, the main senses are “One of two equal parts of something” and “Partly, or to the degree of one half”.

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