Where does “kultamitalimies” come from?
kultamitalimies (Finnish) comes from Finnish kultamitali, 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.
kultamitalimies (Finnish): male athlete who has won a gold medal
Definitions
- male athlete who has won a gold medal
Ancestry of “kultamitalimies”, step by step
kultamitalimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kultamitali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kultamitali | gold 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 |