Where does “dorsointermediate” come from?

dorsointermediate (English) comes from English intermediate, from Medieval Latin intermediatus, from Latin intermediare, from Late Latin mediare, from Latin medio, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.

dorsointermediate (English): dorsal and intermediate

Definitions

  1. dorsal and intermediate

Ancestry of “dorsointermediate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintermediateBeing between two extremes, or in the middle of a...
2Medieval Latinintermediatus
3Latinintermediare
4Late Latinmediareto mediate; present active infinitive of mediō;...
5LatinmedioI halve, divide in the middle; I am in the...
6Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
7Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
8Old Latinstlocus
9Proto-Italicstlokos
10Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-
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