Where does “mieta” come from?

mieta (Maltese) comes from Italian metà, 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.

mieta (Maltese): goal, aim, end

Definitions

  1. goal, aim, end

Ancestry of “mieta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmetàhalf; centre, mid-
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 →