Portuguese me, Galician me, French me, Italian mi, Aromanian mi, Romanian mă
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Oscan mefiaí "on the middle," South Picene mefiín 'id.'
Gaulish medio- "mid-," Old Irish mid- 'id.'
Gothic midjis "middle," Old Norse miðr 'id.,' Old High German mitti 'id.' Old Saxon middi, Old English midde 'id.' (English mid-)
Old Church Slavonic meždaxъ "alleys," Russian mežá "boundary," Czech meze 'id.,' Polish miedza "border," Slovene méja "grove," Old Prussian median "wood," Lithuanian mẽdžias "forest," Latvian mežs "wood"
Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) "middle"
Armenian mēǰ "middle"
Sanskrit mádhya- "middle," Old Avestan maidiia- 'id.'
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Portuguese mear, French moyer, Italian mediare, Romanian media
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Portuguese medicina, Galician medicina, French médecine, Italian medicina, Romanian medicină
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Asturian médicu, Portuguese médico, Catalan metge, Italian medico, Aromanian medicu, Romanian medic, Sardinian medicu
Old Irish midithir "to measure," Middle Welsh meðu "to think," meddu "rule," Middle Cornish medhes "to say"
Gothic mitan "to measure," Old Norse meta "to evaluate," Old High German mezzan "to measure," Old English metan 'id.' (English to measure)
Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai) "to care for"
Armenian mit-kʿ "mind"
Young Avestan vī-māδaiiaṇta "they must measure"
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Asturian mediu, Portuguese médio, Catalan mig, French mi-, Italian medio, Eastern Vulgar Latin:njedz, Romanian mediu, Sardinian mesu
Gaulish medio- "mid-," Old Irish mid- 'id.'
Gothic midjis "middle," Old Norse miðr 'id.,' Old High German mitti 'id.' Old Saxon middi, Old English midde 'id.' (English mid-)
Old Church Slavonic meždaxъ "alleys," Russian mežá "boundary," Czech meze 'id.,' Polish miedza "border," Slovene méja "grove," Old Prussian median "wood," Lithuanian mẽdžias "forest," Latvian mežs "wood"
Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) "middle"
Armenian mēǰ "middle"
Sanskrit mádhya- "middle," Old Avestan maidiia- 'id.'
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Portuguese medir, Sardinian medire
Old Irish midithir "to measure," Middle Welsh meðu "to think," meddu "rule," Middle Cornish medhes "to say"
Gothic mitan "to measure," Old Norse meta "to evaluate," Old High German mezzan "to measure," Old English metan 'id.' (English to measure)
Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai) "to care for"
Armenian mit-kʿ "mind"
Young Avestan vī-māδaiiaṇta "they must measure"
"In historical times the root *med- designated a great variety of different things: “govern,” “think,” “care for,” “measure.” ... It can be defined as “measure”—not “measurement,” but “moderation” (Lat. modus, modestus)." ~ E. Benveniste, Indo-European Language and Society (1973)
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Old Irish midithir "to measure," Middle Welsh meðu "to think," meddu "rule," Middle Cornish medhes "to say"
Gothic mitan "to measure," Old Norse meta "to evaluate," Old High German mezzan "to measure," Old English metan 'id.' (English to measure)
Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai) "to care for"
Armenian mit-kʿ "mind"
Young Avestan vī-māδaiiaṇta "they must measure"
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Asturian meyor, Portuguese melhor, Galician mellor, Catalan millor, French meilleur, Italian migliore, Sardinian megnus
Latvian milns "very"
Ancient Greek μάλα (mála) "very," μᾶλλον (mâllon) "more," "rather"
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