Where does “midlist” come from?

midlist (English) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

midlist (English): Unlikely to be more than modestly successful

Definitions

  1. Unlikely to be more than modestly successful

Ancestry of “midlist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →Every word from Old High German līsta →Every word from Italian lista →
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