Formed from mid + coast
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi ‘with’
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Proto-Germanic *midjaz ‘mid’
Proto-West Germanic *midi ‘middle’
Old English midd ‘mid’
Middle English mid ‘mid-’
English mid
Latin costa ‘rib; side, wall’
Old French coste ‘rib; side; coast’
Middle English coste ‘rib; side of the body’
English coast
Today it means
name A local government area in the Mid North Coast region, New South Wales, Australia; in full, MidCoast Council.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / MidCoast
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