Etymology

half-awake

Today it means: Barely awake. Full definition →

English awake ← Middle English awake ← Old English āwacan
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The story

  1. Englishhalf-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ud-s-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂u-s-?
  4. Proto-Germanic*uz-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*uʀ-
  6. Old Englishar-
  7. Old Englishā-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wakaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*wakan
  11. Old Englishwacan
  12. Old Englishāwacan
  13. Middle Englishawaken
  14. Middle Englishawake
  15. Englishawake
  16. English todayhalf-awake

From half- + awake.

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