midship

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Germanic *midjaz

Proto-West Germanic *midi

Old English midd

Middle English mid

English mid

English mid-

English ship

English midship

From mid- + ship.

Adjective

midship

1. Pertaining to the middle of a ship or boat.

Noun

midship

1. The middle of a ship or boat.

Derived terms

• amidships
• midship coefficient
• midships

Translations

adjective

• Finnish: keskilaiva-
• Hebrew: בְּאֶמְצַע (be'emtsa)

noun

• Finnish: keskilaiva
• Hebrew: אֶמְצָעית (he) f (emtsayit)
• Polish: śródokręcie (pl) n

French

Noun

midship m (plural midships)

1. midshipman

Further reading

• “midship”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012