Proto-Italic

*meðios

‘middle’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *meðios.

31 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *meðios, most familiar first.

• mean ← meene ← moien ← mediānus ← medius
• medal ← medaille ← medaglia ← medālia ← mediālis
• median ← mediānus ← medius
• mediation ← mediacion ← mediacion ← mediātiō ← mediārī
• demi ← dimidius ← medius
• mediator ← mediatour ← mediateur ← mediātum ← mediō
• medial ← mediālis ← medius
• mediate ← mediat(e) ← mediātus ← mediō ← medius
• medallion ← médaillon ← médaille ← medaglia ← medālia
• mezzanine ← mezzanino ← mezzano ← mediānus ← medius
• moiety ← moytié ← meitié ← medietas ← medius
• medulla ← medius

More words from *meðios

• moyen
• intermezzo
• medius
• mediastinum
• mediant
• intermezzi
• dimidiate
• dimidiation
• dimidial
• intermediae
• intermedious
• intermedial
• medianoche
• mezzobrow
• mediety
• medicommissure
• metayer
• metayage
• medaillon

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *meðios