Etymology

midheight

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Today it means: Of medium height; neither high nor low Full definition →

English height ← Middle English heighte ← Old English hīehþu
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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*kewk-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kówkos
  13. Proto-Germanic*hauhaz
  14. Proto-Germanic*hauhiþō
  15. Proto-West Germanic*hauhiþu
  16. Old Englishhīehþu
  17. Middle Englishheighte
  18. Englishheight
  19. English todaymidheight

From mid- + height.

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