halfway

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromhealfweġ“half-way”
2. Middle English · inherited fromhalfwey
3. English todayhalfway

From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Compare partway. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).