mid

See also mid-

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪd

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English mid (“with, in conjunction with, in company with, together with, into the presence of, through, by means of, by, among, in, at (time), in the sight of, opinion of”, preposition), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”). Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), German mit (“with”), Danish med (“with”), Icelandic með (“with”), Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Sanskrit  (smat, “together, at the same time”).

Preposition

mid

1. (obsolete) With.
2. Amid.

Derived terms

• mididone
• midwife

Etymology 2

Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *medhy- (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch mits (“provided that”), German mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miðr (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle, medium”).

Adjective

mid (not comparable)

1. Denoting the middle part.

   mid ocean

2. Occupying a middle position; middle.

   mid finger

   mid hour of night

3. (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld).

Derived terms

• mid-autumn
• midfall
• midseason
• midshipman
• midsummer
• mid-winter

Related terms

• midday
• midnight

Translations

denoting the middle part

Dutch: midden (nl)

Finnish: keski- (fi)

occupying a middle position; middle

Dutch: midden (nl), middel (nl)

in linguistics, made with a somewhat elevated position of some part of the tongue relative to the palate

Dutch: te midden van (nl)

amid

Dutch: midden (nl)

Etymology 3

From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midjaz, *midjan, *midjô (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *medhy- (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”).

Noun

mid (plural mids)

1. middle
2. (computing) Mobile information device

Anagrams

• dim
• IDM
• MDI

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon mid, from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”). Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), German mit (“with”), Danish med (“with”), Icelandic með (“with”), Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Sanskrit (smat, “together, at the same time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪt/

Preposition

mid

1. with

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Middle English

Etymology

Carried over from Old English mid.

Preposition

mid

1. with

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Old English

Alternative forms

• mit, miþ

Etymology

Akin to Old High German mit, Old Norse með.

Preposition

mid

1. with

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• midi
• mith

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midi.

Preposition

mid

1. with

Adverb

mid

1. with, together, along