Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “medale” come from?

medale (Middle French) comes from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.

Ancestry of “medale”, step by step

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

Words derived from “medale”

  • medal
  • medalist
  • medallic
  • bemedalled
  • bemedaled
  • medalet
  • medalless
  • 메달
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →