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