Etymology

mid-December

Today it means: Any time in the middle of December. Full definition →

English December ← Middle English December ← Old French decembre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  12. Proto-Italic*dekəm
  13. Latindecem
  14. LatinDecember
  15. Latindecembrem
  16. Old Frenchdecembre
  17. Middle EnglishDecember
  18. EnglishDecember
  19. English todaymid-December

From mid- + December.

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