Etymology

midcap

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Today it means: Having medium market capitalization, often defined as between 2 and 10 billion US dollars Full definition →

English cap ← Middle English cappe ← Old English cæppe
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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*kap-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  14. Proto-Italic*kaput
  15. Latincaput
  16. Latincapitulum
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Latincapitulāre?
  20. Late Latincappa
  21. Proto-West Germanic*kappā
  22. Proto-West Germanic*kappijā
  23. Old Englishcæppe
  24. Middle Englishcappe
  25. Englishcap
  26. English todaymidcap

From mid- + cap.

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