Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mid-december

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables
mid-de-cem-ber
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any time in the middle of December.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December English mid-December From mid- + December.

Usage

Questions

What does mid-december mean?
Any time in the middle of December.
Where does mid-december 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- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December English mid-December From mid- + December.

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