midargument

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-

Latin arguō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin argūmentumder.

Anglo-Norman arguementbor.

Middle English argument

English argument

English midargument

From mid- + argument.

Noun

midargument (uncountable)

1. A point in time during an argument.

   Hypernym: argument

   • 2007 November 11, Jim Windolf, “Asian Confusion”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     She accuses him of having a thing for white girls, which really sets him off — and Tomine takes voyeuristic delight in capturing every gruesome facial expression of a couple in midargument.