Where does “mediante” come from?
mediante (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin mediante, from Latin mediāns, 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.
mediante (Italian): by, through, by means of, using; because of, as a...
Definitions
- by, through, by means of, using; because of, as a...
Ancestry of “mediante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | mediante | ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | mediāns | by means of |
| 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 |