moiety

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*médʰyos“middle”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-teh₂ts
3. Latin · derived frommedius“half; middle”
4. Late Latin · derived frommedietās“centre, midpoint; half”
5. Old French · derived frommeitié“half”
6. Middle French · borrowed frommoytié
7. English todaymoiety

Borrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitié (“half”)), from Late Latin medietās (“centre, midpoint; half”), from Latin medius (“half; middle”) + -tās (from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)). Medius is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”), possibly from *me-dʰi- (“among; with”), from *me (“in the middle of; among; with”). The word is a doublet of mediety.

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