half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) · half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) · middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
köken: Borrowed directly from Latin medius (“half”) rather than inherited through an Old Spanish form, possibly because the likely forms *meo and *meyo would have closely resembled mear (“to piss”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. In reference to spiritual mediums, calqued from Latin…
köken: From Middle Dutch middel, from Old Dutch middil, from Proto-Germanic *midil-, *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”). Cognate with English middle, Low German Middel and German Mittel.
aile: betaalmiddel, betalingsmiddel, contrastmiddel, door middel van, genotmiddel, genotsmiddel, glijmiddel, het doel heiligt de middelen, huismiddel, hulpmiddel
Een pincet is het middel bij uitstek om een splinter te verwijderen.
Aspirine is ondertussen een middeltje tegen alles.
Inherited from Middle French mi (“middle”), from Old French mi, mie (“middle”), from earlier *miei (compare lit, liet < *lieit), from Latin medius (adjective), medium (noun).