midsummer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point

2. 2
   noun

   The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.

3. 3
   noun

   The first day of summer.

4. 4
   noun

   The middle of summer.

From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- + summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”).

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