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Where does “mouoyen” come from?

mouoyen (Norman) comes from Old French moien, from Latin mediānus, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

mouoyen (Norman): method; means; way

Definitions

  1. method; means; way

Ancestry of “mouoyen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmoienmiddle; centre; mediator; middle; central
2Latinmediānus—
3Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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