Where does “Media” come from?

Media comes from Latin Media, from Ancient Greek Μηδία, combining Μηδ- with the suffix -ῐ́ᾱ, ultimately derived from Old Persian.

Media (English): The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue

Definitions

  1. The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue

Ancestry of “Media”, step by step

Media traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Mēdia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMēdia—
2Ancient GreekΜηδία—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Proto-Italic meðjos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmeðjosmiddle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “Media”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →