myEtymology.com: English etymology of halfhearted

Etymology of the English word halfhearted

the English word halfhearted

derived from the English word half

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skel-

derived from the English word heart

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kerd-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khertan-

using the English suffix -ed

Word found in Modern English