At the middle point between two places or things, or partially or incompletely.
From 'half' (Old English 'healf' meaning 'side' or 'part') + 'way' (Old English 'weg' meaning 'path'). A compound word that literally means 'the half-path.'
Compound words like 'halfway' seem simple, but 'half' originally meant 'side' in Old English—so 'halfway' literally means 'the side-way' or 'the part-way,' showing how modern simple words came from older meanings we've almost forgotten.
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