English
medio
Medio comes from Spanish medio ‘half, half-celemin, half-real, etc’, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘between’, and ultimately from *me ‘near, by, with’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*me1‘near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos2‘between’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meðjos2reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedius2‘half’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmedio2‘half, half-celemin, half-real, etc’
- Englishtodaymedio2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
- 2 Wiktionary, English medio
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meWiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos‘near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyosWiktionary, English medio‘between’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meðjosWiktionary, English medioreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmediusWiktionary, English medio‘half’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmedioWiktionary, English medio‘half, half-celemin, half-real, etc’
- EnglishtodaymedioWiktionary, English medio
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘between’
mid, midst, maidan, medallion, meso, 26 more
through Proto-Italic *meðjos
through Latin medius ‘half’
mean, medium, medal, demi, median, milieu, mediation, mediator, mezzanine, moiety, medial, mediate, moyen, medulla, intermezzo, 18 more
Today it means
noun A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “medio”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *me / medio