Where does “medioteca” come from?

medioteca (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.

medioteca (Italian): tape, video or other media library

Definitions

  1. tape, video or other media library

Ancestry of “medioteca”, step by step

medioteca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian medio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmediomiddle finger, tall man; mean, average;...
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus
5Proto-Italicstlokos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Italian teca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantecaA small reliquary
2Latinthēcaa case, envelope, sheath
3Ancient Greekθήκηbox, chest; grave, tomb; sword sheath
4Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus