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moiety.

A half.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɔɪ.ə.ti/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɔɪ.ə.ti/General-American/-ɾi/General-American
  1. A half.

  2. A share or portion, especially a smaller share.

  3. Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.

  4. A specific segment of a molecule.

    Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitié (“half”)), from Late Latin medietās (“centre, midpoint; half”), from Latin medius (“half; middle”) + -tās (from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)). Medius is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”), possibly from *me-dʰi- (“among; with”), from *me (“in the middle of; among; with”). The word is a doublet of mediety.

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