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