milieu

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The social setting or surroundings in which someone lives or works.

   She felt out of place in the wealthy milieu of her new colleagues.

2. 2
   noun

   A group of people who share a common outlook or background.

   He grew up in an artistic milieu of painters and writers.

PIE word *me Borrowed from French milieu (“physical or social environment; group of people with a common point of view”), from Middle French milieu, meilleu, mileu, from Old French milliu, meillieu, mileu (“middle”), from mi- (prefix meaning ‘half’) (from Latin medius (“half; middle”)) + lieu, leu (“place”) (from Latin locus (“place; spot (specific location)”)).

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