Etymology

mid-October

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

English October ← Middle English [Term?] ← Old French octobre
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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. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  12. Proto-Italic*oktō
  13. Latinoctō
  14. LatinOctōber
  15. Old Frenchoctobre
  16. Middle English[Term?]
  17. EnglishOctober
  18. English todaymid-October

From mid- + October.

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