myEtymology.com: English etymology of midriff

Etymology of the English word midriff

the English word midriff

derived from the Late Latin word diaphragma (diaphragm; septum, partition)

derived from the Greek word diaphragma, διάφραγμα

derived from the Greek word diaphrassein

using the Medieval Greek prefix dia-, δια-

derived from the Greek word dia, διά (through, between)

derived from the Greek word phrassein, φράσσω (to fence or inclose; (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence))

derived from the Greek word phragma, ϕράγμα (wall)

derived from the Greek word phrassein, φράσσω (to fence or inclose; (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence))

derived from the Greek word diaphragnumi

derived from the English word mid

derived from the English word midre

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *medjaz

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *hrefiz-

Word found in Modern English