midway

midway · noun, adjective, adverb¹

1. Old English · inherited frommidweġ“midway”
2. Middle English · inherited frommydwaye
3. English todaymidway

From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).

Midway · proper noun²

A proprialization from midway. Many of the places with this name got their name from being more or less midway along a journey between two other important places.