midway C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment Also spelled mid-way US /ˈmɪdˌweɪ/ UK /ˈmɪdˌweɪ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv halfway; the avenue of amusements at a fair They paused midway up the steep hillside path. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · halfway; the avenue of... halfwaycentralmiddleintermediate Word family Related forms midmiddleway Etymology AI details From Old English midweg 'middle of the way', from midd 'middle' + weg 'way, road'. The fairground sense arose from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Midway Plaisance. midd Old English weg Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # midway **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈmɪdˌweɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɪdˌweɪ/ ## Meanings 1. halfway; the avenue of amusements at a fair ## Examples - They paused midway up the steep hillside path. ## Synonyms - halfway - central - middle - intermediate ## Related Forms - mid - middle - way ## Roots and Affixes - Root: midd - Root: weg ## Etymology From Old English midweg 'middle of the way', from midd 'middle' + weg 'way, road'. The fairground sense arose from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Midway Plaisance. ## AI Etymology Midway comes from Old English midweg 'middle of the way', from midd 'middle' + weg 'way, road'. The fairground sense arose from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Midway Plaisance. The etymological trail includes Old English midd and Old English weg. As an adverb, midway means halfway; the avenue of amusements at a fair. The same family is visible in related forms such as mid, middle, and way. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown