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Where does “meðjos” come from?

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

meðjos (Proto-Italic): middle

Definitions

  1. middle

Ancestry of “meðjos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “meðjos”

  • immediately
  • medical
  • media
  • immediate
  • medium
  • intermediate
  • medieval
  • Mediterranean
  • median
  • mediation
  • medial
  • multimedia
  • mediator
  • medal
  • mediate
  • milieu
  • biomedical
  • mediocre
  • medically
  • medulla
  • mediocrity
  • moiety
  • medullary
  • medallion
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