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
Ancestry of “moyen de transport”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | moyen | way, method, mean of doing something; medium;... |
| 2 | Middle French | moyen | — |
| 3 | Old French | moien | middle; centre; mediator; middle; central |
| 4 | Latin | mediānus | — |
| 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 |