Where does “Méditerranée” come from?
Méditerranée (French) comes from French Mer Méditerranée, from French méditerranée, from French méditerrané, from English Mediterrane, from Latin mediterraneus, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.
Ancestry of “Méditerranée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Mer Méditerranée | the Mediterranean Sea |
| 2 | French | méditerranée | feminine singular of méditerrané |
| 3 | French | méditerrané | Mediterranean |
| 4 | English | Mediterrane | Mediterranean; Inland, interior |
| 5 | Latin | mediterraneus | inland |
| 6 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 7 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |