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Where does “medalje” come from?

medalje (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.

medalje (Norwegian Nynorsk): a medal

Definitions

  1. a medal

Ancestry of “medalje”, step by step

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

Words derived from “medalje”

  • gullmedalje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →