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Where does “moyen de transport” come from?

moyen de transport (French) comes from French moyen, 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 — to put, to place; to locate.

moyen de transport (French): Means of transport

Definitions

  1. Means of transport

Ancestry of “moyen de transport”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoyenway, method, mean of doing something; medium;...
2Middle Frenchmoyen—
3Old Frenchmoienmiddle; centre; mediator; middle; central
4Latinmediānus—
5Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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