Where does “Doppelporträtmedaillon” come from?
Doppelporträtmedaillon (German) comes from German Medaillon, from French médaillon, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.
Doppelporträtmedaillon (German): double portrait locket
Definitions
- double portrait locket
Ancestry of “Doppelporträtmedaillon”, step by step
Doppelporträtmedaillon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Medaillon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Medaillon | medallion, locket; showy coin; mole, naevus,... |
| 2 | French | médaillon | medallion |
| 3 | French | médaille | medal |
| 4 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 6 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 8 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 9 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 10 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via German Porträt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Porträt | portrait |
| 2 | French | portrait | portrait; description |
| 3 | Middle French | portraict | — |
| 4 | Middle French | portraire | to portray |
| 5 | Latin | protraho | I drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out; I bring... |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |