different between moiety vs moisty

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitié (“half”)), from Late Latin mediet?s (“centre, midpoint; half”), from Latin medius (“half; middle”) + -t?s (from Proto-Indo-European *-teh?ts (“suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being”)). Medius is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“middle”), possibly from *me-d?i- (“among; with”), from *me (“in the middle of; among; with”). The word is a doublet of mediety.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??.?.ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??.?.ti/, /-?i/
• Hyphenation: moi?e?ty

Noun

moiety (plural moieties)

1. A half.
2. A share or portion, especially a smaller share.
3. (anthropology) Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
4. (chemistry) A specific segment of a molecule.

Alternative forms

• moietie (obsolete)
• moyity (obsolete)

Synonyms

• (half): half, mediety

Hyponyms

• submoiety

Derived terms

• matrimoiety
• patrimoiety
• submoiety

Translations

Further reading

• Moiety (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moiety (kinship) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kinship (Lineages, clans, phratries, moieties, and matrimonial side) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English moisti, moysty, equivalent to moist +? -y.

Adjective

moisty (comparative moistier, superlative moistiest)

1. moist

Synonyms

• damp, humid, sodden; see also Thesaurus:wet

Anagrams

• myotis