Where does “merdia” come from?

merdia (French) comes from French merde, from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

merdia (French): media considered servile and submissive to political power

Definitions

  1. media considered servile and submissive to political power

Ancestry of “merdia”, step by step

merdia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French merde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmerdeshit!, crap!; break a leg!; turd, piece of feces,...
2Middle Frenchmerdeshit
3Old Frenchmerdeshit
4Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
5Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

via French média

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmédiamedia
2LatinMēdia—
3Ancient GreekΜηδία—
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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