mid

See also: mid- and MID

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Etymology 1

From Middle English mid, from Old English mid (“with, in conjunction with, in company with, together with, into the presence of, through, by means of, by, among, in, at (time), in the sight of, opinion of”, preposition), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”). Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), Low German mit (“with”), German mit (“with”), Danish med (“with”), Icelandic með (“with”), Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Albanian me (“with, together”), Sanskrit स्मत् (smat, “together, at the same time”).

Preposition

mid

  1. (obsolete) With. [8th-15th c.]
    The wife is mid child.
    Mid his harp he fared.
    God's grace wones mid us.
    They might forwhore her mid other men.
    Henry came to England mid 36 ships.
    The woman was mid one son.
    The queen of the land was mid child
    If I am mid child.. this is a token of a boy.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“worse, less”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle.

Adjective

mid (not comparable)

  1. Denoting the middle part.
    mid ocean
  2. Occupying a middle position; middle.
    mid finger
    mid hour of night
  3. (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, /e o ɛ ɔ/.

Preposition

mid

  1. Amid.
    Mid the best.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midją, *midjǭ, *midjô (“middle, center”) < *midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”). See also median, Latin medianus.

Noun

mid (plural mids)

  1. (archaic) middle
    • Shakespeare
      About the mid of night come to my tent.

Anagrams

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • met (in some dialects)
  • mit (in some dialects)
  • möt (Low Prussian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German mit, mid, from Old Saxon mid, from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”). Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), German mit (“with”). For more, see English mid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪt/

Preposition

mid

  1. (in some dialects) with

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from the Old English mid.

Preposition

mid

  1. with
  2. amid, amidst

Descendants

Adjective

mid

  1. mid-, middle, central, intermediate
  2. that is or are in the middle or intermediate in time

Descendants

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midi, from Proto-Indo-European *met(e)h₂, from *me (“with”). Compare Old Saxon mid, Old High German mit, Old Norse með.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mid/

Preposition

mid

  1. with

Descendants

  • Middle English: mid

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midi.

Preposition

mid

  1. with

Adverb

mid

  1. with, together, along
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