köken: Compound of fahren (“travel”) + Zeug (“equipment”), which is a calque of Middle Low German vārtüch. The word was originally restricted to vessels, as still is Dutch vaartuig.
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 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.
aile: meia de leite, meia hora, meia-noite, meia-volta, meio milhão, meio-dia
A means of transport; vehicle, conveyance, carriage; wagon, cart; ship. · An agricultural implement for cutting down grain; reaping-machine.
çekim: çoğul vehicula · tamlayan vehiculī
köken: By surface analysis, vehō (“to bear, carry, convey; ride”) + -culum. The term may be derived from Proto-Italic *weɣitlom, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-í-tlom, whence also perhaps Sanskrit वहित्र (vahitra).
Coined during the language reform; appears in Cep Kılavuzu (1935). Created via ara + -ç, an unproductive suffix. Intended to replace vasıta (“means; means of transportation”). See also gereç.