Where does “medallion” come from?
Medallion comes from French médaillon, derived from Latin medalia, ultimately from Latin metallum meaning metal, itself from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos meaning middle.
medallion (English): A large medal, usually decorative; A cut of meat...
Definitions
- A large medal, usually decorative; A cut of meat...
Ancestry of “medallion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | médaillon | medallion |
| 2 | French | médaille | medal |
| 3 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 5 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 7 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 8 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 9 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |