Etymology

midship

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Today it means: Pertaining to the middle of a ship or boat. Full definition →

English ship ← Middle English schip ← Old English scip
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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*sek-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*skey-der.?
  13. Proto-Germanic*skipą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*skip
  15. Old Englishscip
  16. Middle Englishschip
  17. Englishship
  18. English todaymidship

From mid- + ship.

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