Etymology

midscale

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Today it means: Neither downscale nor upscale. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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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*skend-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  13. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  14. Latinscāla
  15. Middle Englishscale
  16. Englishscale
  17. English todaymidscale

From mid- + scale.

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