Where does “Schweinemedaillon” come from?

Schweinemedaillon (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.

Schweinemedaillon (German): pork medallion

Definitions

  1. pork medallion

Ancestry of “Schweinemedaillon”, step by step

Schweinemedaillon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Medaillon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMedaillonmedallion, locket; showy coin; mole, naevus,...
2Frenchmédaillonmedallion
3Frenchmédaillemedal
4Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
5Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
6Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
7Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
8Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
9Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
10Old Latinstlocus
11Proto-Italicstlokos
12Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via German schwein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschweinswine, pig
2Middle High Germanswinswine, pig
3Old High Germanswīnswine, pig
4Proto-West Germanicswīnpig, swine
5Proto-Germanicswīnąswine, pig
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-pig, hog, swine
7Proto-Indo-EuropeansewH-to bear; to give birth
8Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus