Where does “mì-mheadhanachd” come from?
mì-mheadhanachd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic meadhanachd, from Scottish Gaelic meadhan, from Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
mì-mheadhanachd (Scottish Gaelic): eccentricity
Definitions
- eccentricity
Ancestry of “mì-mheadhanachd”, step by step
mì-mheadhanachd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic meadhanachd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | meadhanachd | mediocrity |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | meadhan | middle, center, midst; waist; mean, average |
| 3 | Old Irish | medón | middle |
| 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 |