Where does “medalistka” come from?
medalistka (Polish) comes from Polish medalista, from Polish medal, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.
Ancestry of “medalistka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | medalista | medalist |
| 2 | Polish | medal | medal |
| 3 | French | médaille | medal |
| 4 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 6 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 8 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 9 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 10 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |