Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mid-finger

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: mid-fin-ger
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of middle finger.

adj

Pertaining to the middle of a finger, such as the intermediate phalange or proximal interphalangeal joint regions

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 finger English mid-finger From mid- + finger.

Inflected Forms

mid-fingers (plural) midfinger (alternative) mid finger (alternative)

Phrases

mid-finger ring

Questions

What does mid-finger mean?: Alternative form of middle finger.
Where does mid-finger come from?: 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 finger English mid-finger From mid- + finger.

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