midengine

English

Alternative forms

• mid-engine

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 engine

English midengine

From mid- + engine.

Adjective

midengine (not comparable)

1. (automotive) Of a design in which the engine of an automobile is placed between the rear and front axles
   • 2007 May 20, Ezra Dyer, “Growling at the Exotics’ Door”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     The R8’s midengine design echoes that of Audi’s dominant R8 racecar […] .

Synonyms

• midship

See also

• Mid-engine design on Wikipedia.Wikipedia