meio
See also: meîo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.i̯oː/, [ˈmeːi̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.jo/, [ˈmɛːjo]
Verb edit
mēiō (present infinitive mēiere, perfect active mixī, supine mictum); third conjugation, no passive
Conjugation edit
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese meio, meo, from Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare the borrowed doublets médio and médium. Sense of "way" or "mean" from Latin medium.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
meio (feminine meia, masculine plural meios, feminine plural meias, not comparable)
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Adverb edit
meio
Noun edit
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
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
meio
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