Where does “mediant” come from?
mediant (English) comes from Italian mediante, from Medieval Latin mediante, from Latin mediāns, from Latin mediō, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
mediant (English): The third degree of the diatonic scale; A...
Definitions
- The third degree of the diatonic scale; A...
Ancestry of “mediant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | mediante | by, through, by means of, using; because of, as a... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | mediante | ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | mediāns | by means of |
| 4 | Latin | mediō | to halve, divide in the middle |
| 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 |