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Where does “medium” come from?

medium (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

medium (Latin): inflection of medius: ## masculine accusative...

Definitions

  1. inflection of medius: ## masculine accusative...

Ancestry of “medium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmeðjosmiddle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “medium”

  • media
  • medium
  • medieval
  • multimedia
  • milieu
  • hypermedia
  • mediumship
  • intermedia
  • medievalism
  • mediumistic
  • MediaWiki
  • medievalist
  • mediascape
  • intermedium
  • postmedieval
  • transmedia
  • nonmedia
  • mediumism
  • watermedia
  • medievally
  • neomedieval
  • mediumweight
  • mediagenic
  • premedieval
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