Etymograph

English

Midwood

Midwood comes from Middle Dutch Midwout ‘middle woods’.

  1. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500Midwout‘middle woods’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Midwood

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500Midwout‘middle woods’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Midwood

Earliest quotation: 2025, Zohran Mamdani, The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech: “To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and…”

Formed from mid- + wood

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’

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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’

Old English widu

Old English wudu ‘wood’

Middle English wode ‘wood’

English wood

Every English word from Middle Dutch Midwout

Today it means

name A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle Dutch Midwout / Midwood

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