Where does “mezza” come from?

mezza (Italian) comes from Italian mezzo, 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.

mezza (Italian): half-hour

Definitions

  1. half-hour

Ancestry of “mezza”, step by step

mezza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mezzo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmezzohalf, middle; means, method; vehicle
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 Latin mēnsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsaa table
2Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mezza”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →