Etymology

midshow

M3I1D2S1H4O1W4

Today it means: Occurring in the middle of a show, neither at the beginning nor the end Full definition →

English show ← Middle English schewen ← Old English scēawian
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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-West Germanic*skauwōn
  12. Old Englishscēawian
  13. Middle Englishschewen
  14. Englishshow
  15. English todaymidshow

From mid- + show.

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