Etymology

mid-finger

Today it means: Pertaining to the middle of a finger, such as the intermediate phalange or proximal interphalangeal joint regions Full definition →

English finger ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd
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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. Englishfinger
  12. English todaymid-finger

From mid- + finger.

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