Etymology

midthought

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Today it means: Some time during a thought. Full definition →

English thought ← Middle English thought ← Old English þōht
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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*teng-
  12. Proto-Germanic*þankijaną
  13. Proto-Germanic*þanhtaz
  14. Proto-West Germanic*þą̄ht
  15. Old Englishþōht
  16. Middle Englishthought
  17. Englishthought
  18. English todaymidthought

From mid- + thought.

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