Etymology

midstream

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Today it means: The middle of a stream or river. Full definition →

English stream ← Middle English strem ← Old English strēam
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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*ser-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*srow-mo-s
  14. Proto-Germanic*straumaz
  15. Proto-West Germanic*straum
  16. Old Englishstrēam
  17. Middle Englishstrem
  18. Englishstream
  19. English todaymidstream

From mid- + stream.

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