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Where does “disintermediate” come from?

disintermediate (English) comes from English disintermediation, from English intermediation, from English intermediate, from Medieval Latin intermediatus, from Latin intermediare, from Late Latin mediare, from Latin medio, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.

disintermediate (English): To carry out disintermediation

Definitions

  1. To carry out disintermediation

Ancestry of “disintermediate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdisintermediationThe removal of funds from a financial institution...
2EnglishintermediationAn act of coming between; an intervention;...
3EnglishintermediateBeing between two extremes, or in the middle of a...
4Medieval Latinintermediatus—
5Latinintermediare—
6Late Latinmediareto mediate; present active infinitive of mediō;...
7LatinmedioI halve, divide in the middle; I am in the...
8Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
9Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
10Old Latinstlocus—
11Proto-Italicstlokos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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