Where does “mediety” come from?

mediety (English) comes from Middle English medietee, from Latin medietās, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

mediety (English): The middle part; half; moiety

Definitions

  1. The middle part; half; moiety

Ancestry of “mediety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmedieteea half
2Latinmedietāsthe center, middle part of something, midpoint
3Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →
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