Where does “mitan” come from?

mitan (French) comes from Old French mitan, from Frankish mitamo, from Frankish mitti, from Proto-Germanic midją, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

mitan (French): middle, centre

Definitions

  1. middle, centre

Ancestry of “mitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmitan—
2Frankishmitamo—
3Frankishmittimidpoint
4Proto-Germanicmidjąmiddle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “mitan”

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