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Where does “médialement” come from?

médialement (French) comes from French médial, from Latin mediālis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

médialement (French): centrally

Definitions

  1. centrally

Ancestry of “médialement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmédialcentral; middle
2Latinmediālis—
3Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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