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Where does “meánaicmeach” come from?

meánaicmeach (Irish) comes from Irish meánaicme, from Irish meán-, from Irish meán, from Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.

meánaicmeach (Irish): middle-class, bourgeois

Definitions

  1. middle-class, bourgeois

Ancestry of “meánaicmeach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishmeánaicmemiddle class, bourgeoisie
2Irishmeán-middle, medial, medium, mean, average
3Irishmeánmid, central; middle; average
4Old Irishmedónmiddle
5Latinmediānus—
6Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
7Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
8Old Latinstlocus—
9Proto-Italicstlokos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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