Etymology

midcycle

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Today it means: Occurring in the middle of a cycle Full definition →

English cycle ← Middle English cicle ← Late Latin cyclus
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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. Late Latincyclus
  12. Middle Englishcicle
  13. Englishcycle
  14. English todaymidcycle

From mid- + cycle.

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