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med-
To take appropriate measures.
Derivatives include medicine, modest, modern, commodity, and empty.- mete1, from Old English metan, to measure (out), from Germanic *metan;
- meet2, from Old English gemǣte, "commensurate," fit (ge‑, with; see kom), from Germanic derivative *mǣtō, measure.
- medical, medicate, medicine, medico; metheglin, remedy, from Latin medērī, to look after, heal, cure;
- meditate, from Latin meditārī, to think about, consider, reflect.
- Suffixed form *med-es‑.
- modest; immodest, from Latin modestus, "keeping to the appropriate measure," moderate;
- moderate; immoderate, from Latin moderārī, "to keep within measure," to moderate, control. Both a and b from Latin *modes‑, replacing *medes‑ by influence of modus (see 5 below).
- Medusa, from Greek medein, to rule (feminine participle medousa < *med-ont-ya).
- Suffixed o-grade form *mod-o‑. modal, mode, model, modern, modicum, modify, modulate, module, modulus, mold1, mood2, moulage; accommodate, commode, commodious, commodity, from Latin modus, measure, size, limit, manner, harmony, melody.
- Suffixed o-grade form *mod-yo‑. modiolus, mutchkin, from Latin modius, a measure of grain.
- Possibly lengthened o-grade form *mōd‑.
- mote2, must1, from Old English mōtan, to have occasion, to be permitted or obliged;
- empty, from Old English ǣmetta, rest, leisure, from Germanic compound *ē-mōt-ja‑ (prefix *ē‑, meaning uncertain, from Indo-European *ē, *ō, to). Both a and b from Germanic *mōt‑, ability, leisure.
[Pokorny 1. med‑ 705.] |
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