Etymology Explorer › Old Portuguese

Where does “mealla” come from?

mealla (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin medālia, from Latin mediālis, 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.

Ancestry of “mealla”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mealla”

  • mealheiro
  • mealhar
  • mealha
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →