A moiety refers to a half or a part of something.
A half.
| Front | moiety \MOY-uh-tee\ |
|---|---|
| Back | noun A half. ["Moiety" is one of thousands of words that English speakers borrowed from French. The Anglo-French "moite" (meaning "a half" or "part of something") comes from Late Latin "medietat-," meaning "half." Around the same time that "moiety" was borrowed from Anglo-French, "medietat-" was also borrowed directly from Latin as "mediety," a word which can also mean "a half." "Medietat-" comes from Latin "medius" (meaning "middle"), which has contributed to such English words as "medium," "meridian," and "milieu."] "She was asked to describe the tribe's two moieties. She said the Winter and Summer People provided the basic religious and social structure...." |
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