mid-twentieth

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Usually used before century to indicate the middle part of the 20th century. The term is often used to refer to the events that occurred in the second third of the twentieth century (1934–1967). However, in architecture, preservation, and real estate, it is commonly used to refer to the period from after World War II to the mid-1970s. not-comparable
    — Since the mid-twentieth century, the exchange of Orders has become less personal and more formal and diplomatic. http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4872.asp

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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 twentieth
English mid-twentieth
From mid- + twentieth.
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