Etymology

mid-July

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

English July ← Middle English Julie ← Anglo-Norman julie
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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. LatinIūlius
  12. Latiniūlius
  13. Old Frenchjule
  14. Anglo-Normanjulie
  15. Middle EnglishJulie
  16. EnglishJuly
  17. English todaymid-July

From mid- + July.

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