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- Old English– A woman or girl considered in relation to another person or other people, as the child of the same parents; a female sibling. More generally: a woman or girl who has either parent in common with another sibling; a half-sister.
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The earliest known use of the noun half-sister is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for half-sister is from around 1275, in the writing of Laȝamon, poet.
"Sister" comes from the Old English word "sweostor," meaning "female sibling." Meaning: A half sister is a female sibling who shares one parent with you, but not the other.
The meaning "female fellow-Christian, woman of one's own faith" is from mid-15c. In modern use, of a woman in general from 1906; especially in U.S. of "a Black woman" from 1926; and in the sense of "fellow feminist" from 1912. Sister act "variety act by two or more sisters" is from vaudeville (1906). half-.
Half-siblings (half-sisters or half-brothers) are people who share one parent. They may share the same mother but different fathers (in which case they are known as uterine siblings or maternal half-siblings ), or they may have the same father but different mothers (in which case, they are known as agnate siblings or paternal half-siblings .
HALF-SISTER definition: 1. a sister who is the daughter of only one of your parents 2. a sister who is the daughter of only…. Learn more.
Where does the noun half-sibling come from? Earliest known use. 1900s. The earliest known use of the noun half-sibling is in the 1900s. OED's earliest evidence for half-sibling is from 1900, in Proceedings of Royal Society 1899–1900. half-sibling is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., sibling n. See etymology. Nearby entries.
Examples of half-sister. He is estranged from his half-sister and stepsister. She was one of a set of triplets and a half-sister to a younger set of triplets. He has no affection for her, nor for her young half-sisters who live in semi-abandonment elsewhere in the house.
