Where does “amidst” come from?

Amidst derives from English amids plus the English possessive suffix -'s, which developed from Middle English -s, itself from Latin -tas and -tus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -es and -iskos.

amidst (English): In the midst or middle of; surrounded or...

Definitions

  1. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or...

Ancestry of “amidst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishamids
2EnglishamidSurrounded by; in the middle of; in the center of
3Middle Englishamidde
4Old Englishon middanin the middle

Words derived from “amidst

Every word from Old English on middan