medio

Meaning

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L.
2. (historical) Any of various former Spanish and Latin American half-pieces, particularly the half-real both as a coin and a notional unit of account.

Synonyms

midst

medio-

intermediate section

centre portion

Etymology

From Spanish medio (“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”), from Latin medius (“half”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Doublet of medium, media, and mediate.