Etymology

midengine

M3I1D2E1N1G2I1N1E1

Today it means: Of a design in which the engine of an automobile is placed between the rear and front axles Full definition →

English engine ← 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. Englishengine
  12. English todaymidengine

From mid- + engine.

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