Etymology

midroll

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Today it means: In the middle of a roll of film. Full definition →

English roll ← Middle English rollen ← Old French roeler
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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*Hreth₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*Hróth₂eh₂
  13. Proto-Italic*rotā
  14. Latinrota
  15. Latinrotula
  16. Latinrotulāre
  17. Old Frenchroeler
  18. Middle Englishrollen
  19. Englishroll
  20. English todaymidroll

From mid- + roll.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.