Etymology

midrace

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Today it means: The middle of a race Full definition →

English race ← Middle English race ← Old Norse rás
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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*h₁reh₁s-
  12. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  13. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  14. Old Englishrǣs
  15. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  16. Old Norserás
  17. Middle Englishrace
  18. Englishrace
  19. English todaymidrace

From mid- + race.

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