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Where does “midjō” come from?

midjō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

midjō (Proto-Germanic): middle, midst

Definitions

  1. middle, midst

Ancestry of “midjō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “midjō”

  • immediately
  • middle
  • immediate
  • Milton
  • Middlesex
  • middleware
  • middling
  • Middlebury
  • Miltonic
  • middlebrow
  • middlings
  • middleweight
  • middies
  • mids
  • immediateness
  • middlemost
  • middlebox
  • immediatism
  • Miltonian
  • mittel
  • nonimmediate
  • immediatist
  • middleness
  • middleperson
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