Esperanto

Noun

medio ‎(accusative singular medion, plural medioj, accusative plural mediojn)

1. environment

Galician

Adjective

medio m (feminine singular media, masculine plural medios, feminine plural medias)

1. half
2. average, typical
3. (figuratively) the greater part
4. central, at the midpoint

Synonyms

• (average, typical): mediano

Derived terms

• media

See also

• metade

Adverb

medio

1. partly, somewhat, not completely

   É medio parvo. — "He is somewhat small."

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

medio m ‎(plural medi)

1. (anatomy) middle finger, tall man

Synonyms

• dito medio

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin medius, whence also Italian mezzo (an inherited doublet).

Adjective

medio m ‎(feminine singular media, masculine plural medi, feminine plural medie)

1. mean, average

Related terms

Etymology 3

Verb

medio

1. First-person singular present tense of mediare

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late and Vulgar Latin. From medius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.di.oː/, [ˈmɛ.di.oː]

Verb

mediō ‎(present infinitive mediāre, perfect active mediāvī, supine mediātum); first conjugation

1. I halve, divide in the middle.
2. I am in the middle.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• mediātus
• mediātor

Descendants

References

• medio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MEDIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “medio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to remove a person: e or de medio tollere
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave a thing undecided: aliquid in medio, in dubio relinquere (Cael. 20. 48)
    
  • (ambiguous) to publish, make public: in medio ponere (proponere)
    
  • (ambiguous) let us leave that undecided: hoc in medio relinquamus
    

Spanish

Etymology

Probably partly borrowed from Latin medius as a semi-learned form or modified from an existing inherited early Old Spanish equivalent, presumably *meo or *meyo, to be closer to the Latin origin (possibly in order to avoid a phonetic similarity with the vulgar verb mear ‎(“to piss”))^[1]. Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. The sense of "medium" is taken from Latin medium.

Adjective

medio m ‎(feminine singular media, masculine plural medios, feminine plural medias)

1. half, half a/an

   media hora — half an hour

   media manzana — half an apple

2. middle, mid

   clase media — middle class

3. mid, in the middle of
4. mean, average

   velocidad media — average speed

5. a bit of a, somewhat of a

   Es medio idiota. — He’s a bit of an idiot.

Noun

medio m ‎(plural medios)

1. middle, center
2. half
3. medium (spiritualism)
4. method, way
5. (in the plural) means
6. channel, vehicle, medium
7. (in the plural) media
8. (in the plural) resources, funds, means
9. environment, surroundings, medium, milieu
10. society
11. habitat
12. (soccer) halfback
13. middle course
14. (Mexico) medio (an ancient coin)
15. (Peru, Cuba) five cents

Adverb

medio

1. half, partly

   medio vestido — half-dressed

Verb

medio

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of mediar.

Related terms

• a medias
• mediar
• mediatamente
• mediocridad
• medioeval
• promedio

Derived terms

• mediano
• medianoche
• mediodía
• y medio

Anagrams

• miedo

References

1. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/document/158436269/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-MI-RI-Corominas-Joan-pdf