Where does “medusa” come from?

medusa (Catalan) comes from Latin Medusa, from Ancient Greek μέδουσα, from Ancient Greek μέδω, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

medusa (Catalan): jellyfish

Definitions

  1. jellyfish

Ancestry of “medusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMedusaMedusa a gorgon
2Ancient GreekμέδουσαMedusa
3Ancient Greekμέδωto protect, rule over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Ancient Greek μέδω →