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…
method (process by which a task is completed; way of doing something)
çekim: çoğul metody · tamlayan metody
eş: podejście, postępowanie, procedura, sposób, strategia, tryb
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos)der. Latin methodusbor. Middle French method French méthodebor. Polish metoda Borrowed from French méthode. First attested in the middle…
aile: metodyczny, metoda kija i marchewki, metoda na wnuczka, metoda prób i błędów
means, way, vehicle (entity to achieve an end) · trick, stunt (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) · device (technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience)
çekim: çoğul keinot · tamlayan keinon
köken: Probably borrowed from Sami, from Proto-Samic *keajnō (“road”). Cognate with Karelian keino.
measure · bound, limit, end · manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), method
çekim: çoğul modī · tamlayan modī
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus From Proto-Italic *modos, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ós (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”); compare especially Ancient Greek μήδεᾰ (mḗdeă, “counsels, plans”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “thought”). But note as the oblique cases would be expected as *moder- (e.g. gen.: moderis), thus moderor,…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -ārius Latin manuāriusder. Old French manierebor. Middle High German maniere German Manierder. ▲ Latin manuāriusder. Old French manere Middle French maniere French manièreder. ▲ Old French manierebor. Italian manierader. Esperanto maniero From German Manier,…