Where does “hopeamitalisti” come from?
hopeamitalisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitalisti, 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.
hopeamitalisti (Finnish): silver medalist
Ancestry of “hopeamitalisti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | mitalisti | medalist |
| 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 |