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Where does “медалист” come from?

медалист (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian медал, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus — to put, to place; to locate.

медалист (Macedonian): medalist

Definitions

  1. medalist

Ancestry of “медалист”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianмедалmedal
2Frenchmédaillemedal
3Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
4Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
5Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
6Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
7Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
8Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
9Old Latinstlocus—
10Proto-Italicstlokos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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