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mid-autumn en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English autumn English mid-autumn From mid- + autumn.

Meanings

  1. (UK, not-comparable) Happening in the middle of autumn.

Forms

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Deriveds

Mid-Autumn Festival

Synonyms

midfall

mid-autumn en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English autumn English mid-autumn From mid- + autumn.

Meanings

  1. (UK, not-comparable) In the middle of autumn.

Forms

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Synonyms

midfall

mid-autumn en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English autumn English mid-autumn From mid- + autumn.

Meanings

  1. (UK, countable, uncountable) The middle of autumn.

Forms

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Synonyms

midfall