Where does “hopeamitalimies” come from?
hopeamitalimies (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopeamitali, from Finnish mitali, from Swedish medalj, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis — to put, to place; to locate.
hopeamitalimies (Finnish): male silver medalist
Definitions
- male silver medalist
Ancestry of “hopeamitalimies”, step by step
hopeamitalimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hopeamitali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hopeamitali | silver medal |
| 2 | Finnish | mitali | medal |
| 3 | Swedish | medalj | a medal |
| 4 | French | médaille | medal |
| 5 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 7 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 9 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 10 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 11 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |