mid-14c., "action of blending," verbal noun from meddle (v.). Meaning "act or habit of interfering in matters not of one's proper concern" is from late 14c. As a present-participle adjective, from 1520s. Related: Meddlingly.
medalist
medallion
meddle
meddler
meddlesome
meddling
Mede
Medea
medevac
*medhyo-
media