Midstream
/ˈmɪd.striːm/noun
The middle part of a stream, river, or process.
Did you know?In Old English, the first element mid- meant “middle” or “among,” and stream comes from a Germanic word for flowing water, so the word is literally a place of being caught in the flow.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*midjaz
“middle, central”
Old English
OE
mid
“middle, among”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*straumaz
“current, stream”
Old English
OE
strēam
“stream, current, flowing water”
Middle English
ME
midstreem
“the middle of a stream or current”
Modern English
EN
midstream
“the central part of a stream or a process”