Middle Earth

English

proper noun
Definitions
  • (archaic) The Earth, (chiefly) synonym for Midgard, the world of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim).
  • (fiction) (alt form) Middle-earth: the setting of the of the Lord of the Rings series.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English middelerthe inherited from Old English middaneard (Middle Earth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (Middle Earth, middle-earth, middle enclosure) derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (middle, between, in the middle, in-between).

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Proto-Indo-European

*médʰyos

Gloss

middle, between, in the middle, in-between

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