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
- To carry out disintermediation
Ancestry of “disintermediate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | disintermediation | The removal of funds from a financial institution... |
| 2 | English | intermediation | An act of coming between; an intervention;... |
| 3 | English | intermediate | Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | intermediatus | — |
| 5 | Latin | intermediare | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | mediare | to mediate; present active infinitive of mediō;... |
| 7 | Latin | medio | I halve, divide in the middle; I am in the... |
| 8 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 9 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 10 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |