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midstride 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 stride English midstride From mid- + stride.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In the middle of a stride.
    • AS Mr. Florsheim paces around his hotel room, he stops midstride […]. 2007 June 24, Ron Stodghill, “The Florsheims, Back in Their Own Shoes”, in New York Times:

midstride 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 stride English midstride From mid- + stride.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The middle of a stride.
    • I stopped in midstride.