Where does “milieu” come from?
Milieu comes from French milieu, from French lieu meaning "place," from Latin locum, the accusative of Latin locus meaning "place," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- meaning "middle" and stel- meaning "to place."
milieu (English): Medium; Social setting or environment
Definitions
- Medium; Social setting or environment
Ancestry of “milieu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | milieu | middle; center; setting; environment;... |
| 2 | Middle French | milieu | — |
| 3 | Old French | milliu | — |
| 4 | Old French | lieu | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “milieu”