Where does “midi” come from?

midi (French) comes from Old French di, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

midi (French): noon, midday; south; southern France, the Midi

Definitions

  1. noon, midday; south; southern France, the Midi

Ancestry of “midi”, step by step

midi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdiday
2LatindiēsA day, particularly
3Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
4Proto-Italic*djous—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
6Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
7Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Old French mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmihalf, half way; me; middle
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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