Etymology

mid-March

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

English March ← Middle English March ← Anglo-Norman marche
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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-Italic*Māwortis?
  12. Proto-Italic*Māmart-?
  13. Old LatinMāvors
  14. LatinMārs
  15. LatinMārtius
  16. Latinmārtius
  17. Old Frenchmars
  18. Anglo-Normanmarche
  19. Middle EnglishMarch
  20. EnglishMarch
  21. English todaymid-March

From mid- + March.

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