Where does “Mediator” come from?
Mediator (German) comes from Latin mediātor, from Latin mediātum, from Latin mediō, 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.
Mediator (German): mediator male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- mediator male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Mediator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mediātor | mediator, intermediary, go-between |
| 2 | Latin | mediātum | — |
| 3 | Latin | mediō | to halve, divide in the middle |
| 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 |