Where does “medaille” come from?
medaille (Dutch) comes from Middle French medaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.
medaille (Dutch): medal; such decoration, awarded as a prize or in...
Definitions
- medal; such decoration, awarded as a prize or in...
Ancestry of “medaille”, step by step
medaille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French medaille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | medaille | — |
| 2 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 4 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 6 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 7 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via French médaille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | médaille | medal |