Etymology

midflight

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Today it means: Occurring in the middle portion of a flight. Full definition →

English flight ← Middle English flight ← Old English flyht
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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*plew-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pléwketi
  14. Proto-Germanic*fleuganą
  15. Proto-West Germanic*fleugan
  16. Proto-West Germanic*fluhti
  17. Old Englishflyht
  18. Middle Englishflight
  19. Englishflight
  20. English todaymidflight

From mid- + flight.

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