Etymology

midbody

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Today it means: The middle of the body; the trunk. Full definition →

English body ← Middle English bodi ← Old English bodiġ
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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*bʰewdʰ-der.?
  12. Proto-Germanic*budagą
  13. Proto-West Germanic*bodag
  14. Old Englishbodiġ
  15. Middle Englishbodi
  16. Englishbody
  17. English todaymidbody

From mid- + body.

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