Where does “중동호흡기증후군” come from?
중동호흡기증후군 (Korean) comes from Chinese 中東, from English Middle East, from English middle, from Middle English myddel, from Old English middel, from Proto-West Germanic *midl, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
중동호흡기증후군 (Korean): Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS
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- Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS
Ancestry of “중동호흡기증후군”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 中東 | — |
| 2 | English | Middle East | The region between the Near East and the Far East |
| 3 | English | middle | A centre, midpoint; The part between the... |
| 4 | Middle English | myddel | The middle or centre of something |
| 5 | Old English | middel | middle |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *midl | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |