Etymology

amidst

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Today it means: In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. Full definition →

Middle English amidde ← Old English on
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  1. Old English · inherited fromon
  2. Middle English · inherited fromamidde
  3. English todayamidst

From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishamidde all →

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Old Englishon all →

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