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Where does “mitalisti” come from?

mitalisti (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.

mitalisti (Finnish): medalist

Definitions

  1. medalist

Ancestry of “mitalisti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitalimedal
2Swedishmedalja medal
3Frenchmédaillemedal
4Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
5Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
6Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
7Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
8Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
9Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
10Old Latinstlocus—
11Proto-Italicstlokos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “mitalisti”

  • kultamitalisti
  • hopeamitalisti
  • pronssimitalisti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →