Etymology

mid-September

Today it means: Happening in the middle of September. Full definition →

English September ← Old French septembre ← Latin September
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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-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  12. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  14. Proto-Italic*septəm
  15. Latinseptem
  16. LatinSeptember
  17. Old Frenchseptembre
  18. EnglishSeptember
  19. English todaymid-September

From mid- + September.

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