Where does “metayer” come from?

metayer (English) comes from French métayer, from Old French moitoier, from Late Latin medietarius, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

metayer (English): One who cultivates land for a share of its...

Definitions

One who cultivates land for a share of its...

Ancestry of “metayer”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	métayer	sharecropper, metayer
2	Old French	moitoier	—
3	Late Latin	medietarius	—
4	Latin	medius	middle; half; moderate
5	Latin	locus	place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
6	Old Latin	stlocus	—
7	Proto-Italic	stlokos	—
8	Proto-Indo-European	stel-	to put, to place; to locate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →