Etymology

midsong

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Today it means: Occurring in the middle of, or during, a song Full definition →

English song ← Middle English song ← Old English sang
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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*sengʷʰ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*séngʷʰ-e-ti
  13. Proto-Germanic*singwaną
  14. Proto-Germanic*sangwaz
  15. Proto-West Germanic*sangu
  16. Old Englishsang
  17. Middle Englishsong
  18. Englishsong
  19. English todaymidsong

From mid- + song.

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