Meddle
/ˈmɛd.əl/noun
To interfere in something that is not one's business.
Did you know?In Middle English, *meddle* could mean “to mingle” or “to have to do with,” and its modern sense of nosy interference grew out of that older idea of mixing into something.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*med-
“to measure, to take appropriate counsel”
Latin
Latin
mederi
“to heal, cure”
Latin
Latin
medius
“middle”
Old French
Old French
medler / mesler
“to mix, mingle, interfere”
Middle English
English
medlen
“to mix together; to concern oneself with”
Modern English
English
meddle
“to interfere intrusively in someone else's affairs”