Where does “pronksmedal” come from?
pronksmedal (Estonian) comes from Estonian medal, from Russian меда́ль, from Middle French medaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.
pronksmedal (Estonian): bronze medal
Definitions
- bronze medal
Ancestry of “pronksmedal”, step by step
pronksmedal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian medal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | medal | medal |
| 2 | Russian | меда́ль | medal |
| 3 | Middle French | medaille | — |
| 4 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 6 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 8 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 9 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 10 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Estonian pronks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | pronks | bronze |
| 2 | German | Bronze | bronze |
| 3 | Italian | bronzo | bronze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 5 | Romanian | bronza | to tan |
| 6 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 7 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 9 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |