Etymology

midtown

M3I1D2T1O1W4N1

Today it means: The part of a city between uptown and downtown. Full definition →

English town ← Middle English toun ← Old English tūn
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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*dewh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
  13. Proto-Celtic*dūnom
  14. Proto-Germanic*tūną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*tūn
  16. Old Englishtūn
  17. Middle Englishtoun
  18. Englishtown
  19. English todaymidtown

From mid- + town.

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