Where does “mitalisija” come from?
mitalisija (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitali, from Swedish medalj, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.
mitalisija (Finnish): a place or position within a race or competition that entitles one to win a medal usually within the top three
Definitions
- a place or position within a race or competition that entitles one to win a medal usually within the top three
Ancestry of “mitalisija”, step by step
mitalisija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mitali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mitali | medal |
| 2 | Swedish | medalj | a medal |
| 3 | French | médaille | medal |
| 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 |