noun
Middle English
Refers to the historical stage of the English language from roughly the 12th to the late 15th century.
中英語は、チョーサーの『カンタベリー物語』の言語として知られている。
Middle English is known as the language of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Modern English (later stage, from around the late 15th century onward).
Compound of 中 (middle) + 英語 (English language).