English

Prefix

mid-

1. Denoting the middle part.
   • 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:

     Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.

   He's in his mid-thirties (meaning he is roughly around the age of 34-35, as opposed to one's early thirties — aged roughly 30-33 — and one's late thirties — aged roughly around 36-39).‎

   He was born in the mid-1930s.‎

2. Occupying a middle position.

   a mid-shoulder stretch‎

3. Amid.
4. During, in the middle of doing something.

   He was hit by a ball mid-jump.‎

Derived terms

• mid-air
• mid-season
• mid-winter

Old English

Etymology

Old English miþ, mit, mid ‎(“with, together”)

Prefix

mid-

1. with, in conjunction with; together (with)

   midwist ‎(“presence, company; society; cooperation”)

   midrād "an accompaniment, a riding with"

2. Denoting the middle part

   midstrēam "midstream"

3. Occupying a middle position
4. between

   midspreca "an advocate, intermediary"

Swedish

Prefix

mid-

1. mid-, middle

Derived terms

• medel-
• midja
• middag
• midfasta
• midnatt
• midsommar
• midvinter