Where does “intermediation” come from?
Intermediation derives from Latin intermediāre, meaning to place in the middle, from inter and medius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos meaning middle.
intermediation (English): An act of coming between; an intervention;...
Definitions
- An act of coming between; an intervention;...
Ancestry of “intermediation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intermediate | Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | intermediatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | intermediare | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | mediare | to mediate; present active infinitive of mediō;... |
| 5 | Latin | medio | I halve, divide in the middle; I am in the... |
| 6 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 7 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |