Etymology

midline

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Today it means: The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other. Full definition →

English line ← Middle English line ← Old English līne
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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*līno-der.?
  12. Proto-Germanic*līną
  13. Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
  14. Proto-West Germanic*līnā
  15. Old Englishlīne
  16. Middle Englishline
  17. Englishline
  18. English todaymidline

From mid- + line.

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