Where does “mitjancer” come from?
mitjancer (Catalan) comes from Catalan mitjançar, from Late Latin *mediantō, from Latin mediō, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
mitjancer (Catalan): middleman, broker
Definitions
- middleman, broker
Ancestry of “mitjancer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | mitjançar | to mediate, to broker, to act as a middleman |
| 2 | Late Latin | *mediantō | — |
| 3 | Latin | mediō | to halve, divide in the middle |
| 4 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |