Where does “medal” come from?
medal (Estonian) comes from Russian меда́ль, from Middle French medaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus — to put, to place; to locate.
medal (Estonian): medal
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Ancestry of “medal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | меда́ль | medal |
| 2 | Middle French | medaille | — |
| 3 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 5 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 7 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 8 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 9 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |