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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

  1. The third degree of the diatonic scale; A...

Ancestry of “mediant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmedianteby, through, by means of, using; because of, as a...
2Medieval Latinmedianteablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of...
3Latinmediāns—
4Latinmediō—
5Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “mediant”

  • submediant
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