MEDI: the Latin root meaning “middle”

MEDI comes from Latin and means “middle”. You can see it in immediate, intermediate and medial. WordPith uses it in 9 words.

Meaning: middle
Origin: Latin
Type: Root
Word lists: Anatomy, Academic Word List, CAT / Bank PO / SSC / UPSC English, SAT / ACT / PSAT, Spanish Cognates, TOEFL / IELTS

Words built from MEDI

IMMEDIATE

Happening at once

Compare Spanish inmediato. Latin immediatus, with nothing in the middle.

INTERMEDIATE

In between two stages

Compare Spanish intermedio.

MEDIAL

Toward the midline of the body

Latin medius, middle. Medium, mediate and the media all sit in the middle.

MEDIATE

To settle a dispute between two sides

Latin medius, the middle. You stand between them.

MEDIEVAL

Of the Middle Ages

Latin medium aevum, the middle age — a name the period would not have recognised.

MEDIOCRE

Only middling

Latin mediocris, halfway up the mountain — literally stuck in the middle of the climb.

MEDIUM

A middle state; or the means through which something passes

The same middle.

MEDIATION

Settling a dispute by standing in the middle

Latin medius, middle. A medium is what lies between.

MEDIOCRITY

Being only middling

Latin mediocris, halfway up the mountain.

1. Which word means: A middle state; or the means through which something passes?

2. Which word means: In between two stages?

3. Which word means: Happening at once?

Build immediate and more from MEDI tiles

WordPith is a daily word puzzle: you get root tiles, you build the word. Free on Android, coming soon.