Where does “mediteraneean” come from?
mediteraneean (Romanian) comes from French méditerranéen, from French méditerranée, from French méditerrané, from English Mediterrane, from Latin mediterraneus, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.
mediteraneean (Romanian): Mediterranean
Definitions
- Mediterranean
Ancestry of “mediteraneean”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | méditerranéen | Mediterranean |
| 2 | French | méditerranée | feminine singular of méditerrané |
| 3 | French | méditerrané | Mediterranean |
| 4 | English | Mediterrane | Mediterranean; Inland, interior |
| 5 | Latin | mediterraneus | inland |
| 6 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 7 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |