Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prep
Among, in the middle of; amidst.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.
From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in Middle English phrases like in middes (“in the middle”) by analogy with adverbs in -(e)s; also compare Old English on middan, tōmiddes. Forms in -(e)st are probably due to influence of superlatives.
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