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Translation

environment, surroundings; milieu, social circle

Word origin

From Latin medius ('middle'), through the international scientific medium, the stuff that lies around a thing. Esperanto took the borrowed word whole rather than building it.

Origin
Latin
Root
medius
English cognates
medium, media, medial

Examples

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We must protect the environment and nature.

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The child grew up in a poor environment.

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He feels comfortable in that circle.

A false seam to disarm early: is not - plus -. Esperanto already owns for the middle, and - makes countries and fields, so the eye tries to read midland out of this word. It is nothing of the sort. came in whole from the Latin medius family, and it means what surrounds you: the natural that needs protecting, or the social you moved in as a student.

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This word is part of lesson 34.