midsection

English

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 section

English midsection

From mid- + section.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪdˌsɛkʃən/

Noun

midsection (plural midsections)

1. The middle section of something.
2. (anatomy) The midriff; the section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist.

This outfit reveals the midsection.

1. • 2010, Bill Geiger, “6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks”, in Reps!, 17:106:

     That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection.

Derived terms

• midsectional

Translations

middle section of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中部 (zh) (zhōngbù)

• Finnish: keskiosa
• Tagalog: gitapyas

midriff — see midriff