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moiety
moiety:
see
mitten
moiety (n.)
"an equal half," mid-15c., from Old French
moite
, earlier
meitiet
(12c., Modern French
moitié
) "half; middle; portion, piece," from Latin
meditatem
(nominative
medietas
) "half," originally "middle point," from
medius
"middle" (see
medial
(adj.)).