Etymology

midargument

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Today it means: A point in time during an argument. Full definition →

English argument ← Middle English argument ← Anglo-Norman arguement
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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-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  13. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  14. Latinarguō
  15. Latinargūmentum
  16. Anglo-Normanarguement
  17. Middle Englishargument
  18. Englishargument
  19. English todaymidargument

From mid- + argument.

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