moiety
A halfA half.
Meaning
4 sensesA half.
A share or portion, especially a smaller share.
до́ляdólja, частьčastʹ
Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
A specific segment of a molecule.
Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety.
гру́ппаgrúppa
- one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
- one of two (approximately) equal parts
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitiéBorrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitié (“half”)), from Late Latin medietās (“centre, midpoint; half”), from Latin medius (“half; middle”) + -tās (from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)). Medius is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”), possibly from *me-dʰi- (“among; with”), from *me (“in the middle of; among; with”). The word is a doublet of mediety.
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