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Where does “nonmediator” come from?

nonmediator (English) comes from English mediator, from Latin mediator, from Latin mediatum, from Latin medio, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.

nonmediator (English): One who is not a mediator

Definitions

  1. One who is not a mediator

Ancestry of “nonmediator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmediatorOne who negotiates between parties seeking mutual...
2Latinmediatormediator, intermediary, go-between
3Latinmediatumnominative neuter singular of mediātus
4LatinmedioI halve, divide in the middle; I am in the...
5Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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