midtale

midtale

English

Alternative forms

  • mid-tale

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 tale
English midtale

    From mid- + tale.

    Noun

    midtale (uncountable)

    1. The middle of a story
      • 1988 January 22, Jack Hayes, “Pizza Man”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
        "Where's the picture of my mother-in-law?" he barks in midtale, and a bartender hustles off to look for it.

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