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”

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