midstride

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 stride

English midstride

From mid- + stride.

Adverb

midstride (not comparable)

1. In the middle of a stride.
   • 2007 June 24, Ron Stodghill, “The Florsheims, Back in Their Own Shoes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 November 2024:

     AS Mr. Florsheim paces around his hotel room, he stops midstride […] .

Noun

midstride (uncountable)

1. The middle of a stride.

   I stopped in midstride.

Anagrams

• diretmids