Where does “intermediate” come from?
Intermediate comes from Medieval Latin intermediatus, from Latin intermediare, combining inter and the root of volvere, medius, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European médʰyos meaning middle.
intermediate (English): Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a...
Definitions
- Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a...
Ancestry of “intermediate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | intermediatus | — |
| 2 | Latin | intermediare | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | mediare | to mediate; present active infinitive of mediō;... |
| 4 | Latin | medio | I halve, divide in the middle; I am in the... |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |