Where does “moyen” come from?
moyen (French) comes from Middle French moyen, from Old French moien, from Latin mediānus, 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.
moyen (French): way, method, mean of doing something; medium;...
Definitions
- way, method, mean of doing something; medium;...
Ancestry of “moyen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | moyen | — |
| 2 | Old French | moien | middle; centre; mediator; middle; central |
| 3 | Latin | mediānus | middle, central |
| 4 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |