Where does “méditerranéen” come from?
méditerranéen (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.
méditerranéen (French): Mediterranean
Definitions
- Mediterranean
Ancestry of “méditerranéen”, step by step
| 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 |