Midday
/ˈmɪd.deɪ/noun
The middle of the day; noon.
Did you know?In Old English, the word was used for the sun’s highest point, and many cultures treated that moment as spiritually charged because shadows are shortest and the light is strongest.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
midde dæg
“the middle of the day; noon”
Middle English
ME
midday
“noon; the middle of the day”
Modern English
English
midday
“the middle of the day; noon”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*midjaz
“middle; in the middle”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*medhyo-
“middle”