Where does “mediation” come from?

Mediation derives from Latin mediatio, from mediāri meaning to be in the middle, from medius meaning middle, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos with the same sense.

mediation (English): Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by...

Definitions

  1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by...

Ancestry of “mediation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmediatio—
2Latinmediaripresent passive infinitive of mediō; intervene
3Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “mediation”

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