Where does “meda” come from?
meda (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese meda, from Latin meta, from Proto-Italic mētā, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
meda (Galician): conical haystack, of thatch or of not threshed...
Definitions
- conical haystack, of thatch or of not threshed...
Ancestry of “meda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | meda | — |
| 2 | Latin | meta | cone, pyramid; turning point, winning post;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | mētā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |