Etymology

midcourt

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Today it means: The area near the center of a court, such as a basketball or tennis court Full definition →

English court ← Middle English court ← Old French cort
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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*ḱe?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  13. Proto-Italic*kom
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰer-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórtos
  16. Proto-Italic*hortosder.?
  17. Proto-Italic*horti-
  18. Latincohors
  19. Latincōrs
  20. Old Frenchcort
  21. Middle Englishcourt
  22. Englishcourt
  23. English todaymidcourt

From mid- + court.

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