midline

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-

Middle French lignerbor.

English line

English midline

From mid- + line.

Noun

midline (plural midlines)

1. (anatomy, medicine) The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
2. (typography) The level of the top of the x-height of a typeface.

Adjective

midline

1. Of or pertaining to such a line.

Derived terms

• dorsomidline
• midliner
• midline theorem