Etymology

midcentury

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Today it means: Occurring around the middle of the century. (Elliptically refers to whichever century is evident from the context of a discussion.) Full definition →

English century ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd
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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. Englishcentury
  12. English todaymidcentury

From mid- + century.

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