Etymology

mesio-

Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) ← Proto-Hellenic *métsos ← Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. English todaymesio-

Derived from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “half, middle, between”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέσος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.