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Where does “mezo” come from?

mezo (Esperanto) comes from Italian mezzo, 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.

mezo (Esperanto): middle

Definitions

  1. middle

Ancestry of “mezo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmezzohalf, middle; means, method; vehicle
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “mezo”

  • mezaĝo
  • mezlernejo
  • mezpunkto
  • mezaĝa
  • posttagmezo
  • noktmezo
  • noktomezo
  • tagmezo
  • posttagmeze
  • meza
  • Mez-Tero
  • meza
  • mezavalora
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