Etymology

half-elf

Today it means: A person who is half elven and half human by birth. Full definition →

English elf ← Middle English elf ← Old English ielf
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  1. Englishhalf-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
  3. Proto-Germanic*albiz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*albi
  5. Old Englishielf
  6. Middle Englishelf
  7. Englishelf
  8. English todayhalf-elf

From half- + elf.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.