Where does “Medaillenspiegel” come from?
Medaillenspiegel (German) comes from German Medaille, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus — to put, to place; to locate.
Medaillenspiegel (German): medal table; medal count
Definitions
- medal table; medal count
Ancestry of “Medaillenspiegel”, step by step
Medaillenspiegel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Medaille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Medaille | medal |
| 2 | French | médaille | medal |
| 3 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 5 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 7 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 8 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 9 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via German spiegel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spiegel | inflection of spiegeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | spiegel | mirror |
| 3 | Old Saxon | spiagal | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *spēgl | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 6 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |