Where does “mezzanine” come from?
Mezzanine comes from French mezzanine, from Italian mezzanino, from Italian mezzano meaning middle, from Latin medianus, from Latin medius meaning middle, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos.
mezzanine (English): A secondary floor, in between the main floors of...
Definitions
- A secondary floor, in between the main floors of...
Ancestry of “mezzanine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mezzanine | mezzanine; entresol |
| 2 | Italian | mezzanino | mezzanine; dress circle |
| 3 | Italian | mezzano | average, mean, middle, medium; mizzen; procurer |
| 4 | Latin | mediānus | middle, central |
| 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 |