meetat

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• mjtat
• mejtat
• meatat
• meatad
• meetad

Etymology

From Latin medietātem.

Noun

meetat f

1. half
   • 1292, Fuero granted by the abbot of the Sahagún Monastery, Nicolás, to the residents of San Llorente de Páramo:

     tome todo so mueble e las puertas e la meetat de la techumbre de las casas,

     take all your furniture at the doors of half the roof of the houses,

Descendants

• Asturian: metá
• Extremaduran: metá
• Leonese: mitá, metá
• Mirandese: metade