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Where does “middelalder” come from?

middelalder (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Mittelalter, from Latin medium aevum.

middelalder (Norwegian Bokmål): the Middle Ages

Definitions

  1. the Middle Ages

Ancestry of “middelalder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMittelalterMiddle Ages; middle age; Middle-aged person or...
2Latinmedium aevum—

Words derived from “middelalder”

  • middelaldersk
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