Where does “mediare” come from?

mediare (Italian) comes from Italian media, from Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

mediare (Italian): to mediate; to average

Definitions

  1. to mediate; to average

Ancestry of “mediare”, step by step

mediare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian media

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmediafeminine singular of medio; average, mean; media
2LatinMēdia—
3Ancient GreekΜηδία—
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Latin mediō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmediōto halve, divide in the middle
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “mediare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Μηδία →