Midge Definition

mĭj
midges
noun
Any of numerous small nonbiting flies of the family Chironomidae, having aquatic larvae and often forming large swarms near ponds and lakes.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of various families (esp. Chironomidae) of small, two-winged, gnatlike dipteran insects, including the gall midges and biting midges.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Midge

Noun

Singular:
midge
Plural:
midges

Origin of Midge

  • From Middle English mydge, migge, from Old English mygg, mycg (“midge, gnat"), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *muwō (“midge"), from Proto-Indo-European *mÅ«- (“fly, midge"), *mu-, *mew-. Cognate with Scots mige (“midge"), West Frisian mich (“fly, mosquito"), Dutch mug (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), Low German mügge (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), German Mücke (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), Swedish mygg, mygga (“midge, gnat, mosquito"), Icelandic (“midge, gnat, fly"). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Latin musca, Ancient Greek μυῖα (muia), Russian муха (múxa), Latvian muÅ¡a, Albanian mizë, Armenian Õ´Õ¸Ö‚Õ¶ (mun).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English mycg

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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