The story
- Middle Englishhalf
- Englishhalf
- Hawaiianhapa
- English todayhapa
Borrowed from Hawaiian hapa, from English half. Doublet of half.
Words from the same roots
Englishhalf all →
haafu
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hapa
Today it means: A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander and half White. Full definition →
Hawaiian hapa ← English half ← Middle English half