Where does “midarm” come from?

midarm (English) comes from English Arm, from Middle English arm, from Old English earm, from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

midarm (English): The middle of the upper part of the arm

Definitions

  1. The middle of the upper part of the arm

Ancestry of “midarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishArmAbbreviation of Armenian
2Middle Englisharmarm; poor; miserable, wretched
3Old Englishearmarm; poor, miserable
4Proto-West Germanicarmarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
5Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-