Pronounced: sih-MIR-ee-uhn, adj
Notes: I have no memory of running across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word moiety is
- one of two equal or approximately equal parts
- one of the portions into which something is divided
- one of two basic complementary tribal subdivisions
First usage
Our word came into English in around the mid-1400s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Anglo-French word moité (a half; part of something), which came from the Late Latin word medietat- (half), which came from the Latin word medius (middle).
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