mid

• IPA^(key): /mɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

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”).

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.

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.

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/.

mid

1. Amid.

   Mid the best.

• midday
• midnight

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.

mid (plural mids)

1. (archaic) middle
   • Shakespeare

     About the mid of night come to my tent.

Clipping of mid-range.

mid (plural mids)

1. (disc golf) A mid-range.

• DMI, Dim, IDM, IM'd, IMD, MDI, dim, dim.

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /mɪt/

mid

1. (in some dialects) with

• med, medde, midde, mide, mit

Inherited from the Old English mid.

mid

1. with
2. amid, amidst

• English: mid

mid

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

• English: mid

• “mid (adj. & pref.)” in the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001)

• mit, miþ, mið

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.

• IPA^(key): /mid/

mid

1. with

• Middle English: mid

• midi, mit, mith, met

From Proto-Germanic *midi.

mid

1. with

mid

1. with, together, along