mid-January

noun

Any time in the middle of January.

OriginEnglish January ← Middle English Januarie ← Anglo-Norman genever →
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Meanings

nounmid-January (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAny time in the middle of January.
adjectivemid-January (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHappening in the middle of January.
adverbmid-January (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the middle of January.

Origin

  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. LatinIānuārius
  12. Anglo-Normangenever
  13. Middle EnglishJanevere
  14. Middle EnglishJanuarie
  15. EnglishJanuary
  16. Englishmid-January

From mid- + January.

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APA

mid-January. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-January

MLA

“mid-January.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-January. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mid-January,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mid-January.

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