middle

English

/ˈmɪdəl/, /ˈmɪdəl/, /ˈmɪdəl/, /ˈmɘdɘl/

noun
Definitions
  • A centre, midpoint.
  • The part between the beginning and the end.
  • (cricket) The middle stump.
  • The central part of a human body; the waist.
  • (grammar) The middle voice.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English middel inherited from Old English middel (middle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midjō (middle, midst) derived from Proto-Indo-European *medʰy- (between, middle, in the middle, center, midst).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*medʰy-

Gloss

between, middle, in the middle, center, midst

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間

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