Etymology

mid-January

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

English January ← Middle English Januarie ← Anglo-Norman genever
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  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. LatinIānuārius
  12. Anglo-Normangenever
  13. Middle EnglishJanevere
  14. Middle EnglishJanuarie
  15. EnglishJanuary
  16. English todaymid-January

From mid- + January.

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