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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

  1. Mediterranean

Ancestry of “méditerranéen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchméditerranéefeminine singular of méditerrané
2FrenchméditerranéMediterranean
3EnglishMediterraneMediterranean; Inland, interior
4Latinmediterraneusinland
5Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “méditerranéen”

  • mediteranean
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