Where does “bronsemedalje” come from?
bronsemedalje (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål medalje, 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.
bronsemedalje (Norwegian Bokmål): a bronze medal
Definitions
- a bronze medal
Ancestry of “bronsemedalje”, step by step
bronsemedalje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål medalje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | medalje | a medal |
| 2 | French | médaille | medal |
| 3 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 5 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 7 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 8 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 9 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Norwegian Bokmål bronse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bronse | bronze; a bronze medal |
| 2 | Italian | bronzo | bronze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 4 | Romanian | bronza | to tan |
| 5 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 6 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 8 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |