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Where does “media” come from?

Media derives from Latin media, the feminine plural of medius meaning "middle," from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos with the same sense.

media (English): The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or...

Definitions

  1. The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or...

Ancestry of “media”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmedianominative feminine singular of medius;...
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “media”

  • multimedia
  • hypermedia
  • intermedia
  • MediaWiki
  • mediascape
  • transmedia
  • nonmedia
  • watermedia
  • mediagenic
  • mediacentric
  • megamedia
  • mediazation
  • antimedia
  • cybermedia
  • mediacracy
  • nonmultimedia
  • polymedia
  • mediaspeak
  • mediamaking
  • bimedia
  • medialect
  • Ziomedia
  • mediafan
  • mediasation
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