Etymology

mid-level

Today it means: At a medium level; neither high nor low in rank. Full definition →

English level ← Middle English level ← Old French live
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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*leyH-
  12. Proto-Italic*līðrā?
  13. Latinlībra
  14. Latinlibella
  15. Old Frenchlive
  16. Middle Englishlevel
  17. Englishlevel
  18. English todaymid-level

From mid- + level.

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