meio
See also: meîo
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *meiɣjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin mingō, Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Sanskrit मेहति (mehati), Old Norse míga, Tocharian B miśo.
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VerbEdit
mēiō (present infinitive mēiere, perfect active mixī, supine mictum); third conjugation, no passive
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ReferencesEdit
- meio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- meyo (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese meio, meo, from Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare the borrowed doublet médio and médium. Sense of "way" or "mean" from Latin medium.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
meio m (feminine singular meia, masculine plural meios, feminine plural meias, not comparable)
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AdverbEdit
meio (comparative mais meio superlative o mais meio)
NounEdit
meio m (plural meios)
- middle, center
- half
- Synonym: metade
- way, mean (method by which something is done)
- environment
- Synonym: ambiente
- (in the plural) resources; means
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VerbEdit
meio