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Where does “amidde” come from?

amidde (Middle English) comes from Old English on middan — in the middle.

Ancestry of “amidde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishon middanin the middle

Words derived from “amidde”

  • amid
  • amidships
  • amidship
  • amidmost
Every word from Old English on middan →