Where does “mezanin” come from?
mezanin (Romanian) comes from French mezzanine, from Italian mezzanino, from Italian mezzano, from Latin mediānus, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
mezanin (Romanian): mezzanine
Definitions
- mezzanine
Ancestry of “mezanin”, step by step
mezanin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French mezzanine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mezzanine | mezzanine; entresol |
| 2 | Italian | mezzanino | mezzanine; dress circle |
| 3 | Italian | mezzano | average, mean, middle, medium; mizzen; procurer |
| 4 | Latin | mediānus | middle, central |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via German Mezzanin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mezzanin | secondary floor, mezzanine |