medietee
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from the Classical Latin medietās.
Noun
medietee
- a half
- 1420–40?, an unknown translator of Palladius, On Husbondrie, book XI, § xlii, lines 288–9:
- The must decocte to his medietee // Or thridde parte thay caste to thaire wyne.
- 1420–40?, an unknown translator of Palladius, On Husbondrie, book XI, § xlii, lines 288–9:
Descendants
- English: mediety
References
- “medietẹ̄ (n.)” in the Middle English Dictionary (~1975–7)