Where does “à mi-chemin” come from?
à mi-chemin (French) comes from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
à mi-chemin (French): halfway, midway; in the middle of, mid-
Definitions
- halfway, midway; in the middle of, mid-
Ancestry of “à mi-chemin”, step by step
à mi-chemin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French à
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 2 | English | avie | emulously |
| 3 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 4 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 5 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 6 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French mi-chemin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mi-chemin | the midway point |
| 2 | French | mi- | half, mid- |
| 3 | Middle French | mi | middle |
| 4 | Old French | mi | half, half way; me; middle |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |