medio

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*médʰyos“between”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*meðjos
3. Latin · derived frommedius“half”
4. Spanish · borrowed frommedio“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”
5. English todaymedio

From Spanish medio (“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”), from Latin medius (“half”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Doublet of medium, media, and mediate.

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