Where does “medina” come from?

medina (English) comes from Middle English Medine, from Old English medume, from Proto-Germanic medumô — middle, midmost.

medina (English): The traditional, older or non-European area of a...

Definitions

  1. The traditional, older or non-European area of a...

Ancestry of “medina”, step by step

medina traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Medine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishMedine—
2Old Englishmedumenot extreme: average, moderate, medium; decent
3Proto-Germanicmedumômiddle, midmost

via Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicاَلْمَدِينَةMedina; the city

via Spanish Medina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMedinamedina

Words derived from “medina”

Every word from Proto-Germanic medumô →Every word from Old English medume →Every word from Middle English Medine →