Where does “medaglia” come from?
medaglia (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, 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.
medaglia (Italian): medal; third-person singular present indicative...
Definitions
- medal; third-person singular present indicative...
Ancestry of “medaglia”, step by step
medaglia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Medieval Latin medalia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 2 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to 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 |
via Latin medālia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | medālia | that which is in the middle |
| 2 | Latin | mediālis | Of or belonging to the middle; medial |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via Late Latin medalia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | medalia | half a denarius |