English
Midland
Midland comes from Middle English mydlonde.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mydlonde
- Englishearliest quotation 1891Midland
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mydlonde
- Englishearliest quotation 1891Midland
Earliest quotation: 1891, Report ... Together with the Proceedings, Minutes: “... the case of the Midland and the case…”
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’
Proto-Germanic *landą
Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’
Old English land
Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’
English land
Every English word from Middle English mydlonde
Today it means
name The loosely-defined region of the United States that is between the North and the South, where Midland American English is spoken.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English mydlonde / Midland