Etymology

midmajor

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Today it means: A college not affiliated with a conference that is one of the primary partners in the College Football Playoff Full definition →

English major ← Middle English major ← Latin maior
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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*méǵh₂s
  12. Proto-Indo-European*méǵyōs
  13. Proto-Italic*majjōs
  14. Latinmaior
  15. Middle Englishmajor
  16. Englishmajor
  17. English todaymidmajor

From mid- + major.

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