Where does “Silbermedaillon” come from?
Silbermedaillon (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.
Silbermedaillon (German): silver locket
Definitions
- silver locket
Ancestry of “Silbermedaillon”, step by step
Silbermedaillon 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 |