mid-1930s
UK[ˌmɪd naɪnˈtiːn θɜːtiz]US[ˌmɪd naɪnˈtiːn ˈθɜːrtiz]
n
The period of time roughly in the middle of the decade of the 1930s.
Morpheme Breakdown
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Etymology
The term is a modern English compound formed through straightforward agglutination. The combining form "mid-", with ancient Proto-Germanic origins in midja- (middle), is prefixed to a specific year number, here "1930", to indicate the central portion of that year or its surrounding period. The addition of the plural suffix "-s", a standard feature inherited from Proto-Indo-European nominal inflection, extends the reference from a single point to the collective years of the 1930s decade. Thus, the literal construction "middle-of-the-1930s" efficiently pinpoints a chronological segment within a historically significant decade.
Analysis
Structure: mid + 1930 + s
- mid: From Old English midd, meaning "middle". It functions as a combining form to denote the central part of a period.
- 1930: A compound number from English, representing the specific decade year. It functions as the base temporal unit being modified.
- s: A common English plural suffix, indicating the entire set of years in that decade.
Examples
The technology first became commercially available in the mid-1930s.
Many of these architectural styles were popularized in the mid-1930s.
His early work, dating from the mid-1930s, shows a clear artistic evolution.