Where does “mediorientale” come from?
mediorientale (Italian) comes from Italian medio, 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.
mediorientale (Italian): Middle Eastern
Definitions
- Middle Eastern
Ancestry of “mediorientale”, step by step
mediorientale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian medio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | medio | middle finger, tall man; mean, average;... |
| 2 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 3 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 4 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Italian orientale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | orientale | oriental, eastern, east; Oriental, Eastern,... |
| 2 | Latin | orientālis | of the east, eastern |
| 3 | Latin | oriēns | rising |
| 4 | Latin | orior | I rise, get up; I appear, become visible; I am... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | to move, to stir |