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Where does “medʰi-” come from?

medʰi- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

medʰi- (Proto-Indo-European): with, among; with, along

Definitions

  1. with, among; with, along

Ancestry of “medʰi-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “medʰi-”

  • immediately
  • middle
  • medical
  • media
  • immediate
  • medium
  • mid
  • midnight
  • intermediate
  • Milton
  • medieval
  • Mediterranean
  • median
  • mediation
  • medial
  • multimedia
  • mediator
  • medal
  • mediate
  • milieu
  • biomedical
  • Mesopotamia
  • mediocre
  • Middlesex
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