Where does “midengined” come from?
midengined (English) comes from English engined, from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
midengined (English): Having the engine between the rear and front...
Definitions
- Having the engine between the rear and front...
Ancestry of “midengined”, step by step
midengined traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English engined
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engined | Having a specified number or configuration of... |
| 2 | English | engine | A large construction used in warfare, such as a... |
| 3 | Middle English | engyn | engine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | engine | — |
| 5 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English MID
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MID | Initialism of mobile information device |
| 2 | English | mid-range | Of a central or halfway point |
| 3 | English | range | A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | rengen | — |
| 5 | Old French | rengier | to line up; to form ranks |
| 6 | Old French | reng | place; position |
| 7 | Latin | rencus | row; order, rank |
| 8 | Gaulish | rekos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | reketi | to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)rek- | to set in order |