Where does “medial” come from?
Medial comes from Latin medialis, derived from Latin medius, which traces to Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, meaning middle or between.
medial (English): Of or pertaining to a mean or average; In or near...
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- Of or pertaining to a mean or average; In or near...
Ancestry of “medial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | mediālis | Of or belonging to the middle; medial |
| 2 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 3 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 4 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
Words derived from “medial”