Etymology

midocean

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Today it means: The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore Full definition →

English ocean ← Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan ← Old French occean
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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. Ancient GreekὨκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)
  12. LatinŌceanus
  13. Old Frenchoccean
  14. Middle English*ocean, occean, occian, occyan
  15. Englishocean
  16. English todaymidocean

From mid- + ocean.

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