Where does “посредственность” come from?

посредственность (Russian) comes from Russian посре́дственный, from Russian -е́нный, from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ.

посредственность (Russian): mediocrity

Definitions

  1. mediocrity

Ancestry of “посредственность”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпосре́дственныйmediocre
2Russian-е́нныйused to form past passive participles from verbs in
3Old Church Slavonic-еньнъ—
Every word from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ →Every word from Russian -е́нный →Every word from Russian посре́дственный →