English
Mede
Mede comes from Ancient Greek Μῆδος ‘an inhabitant of Media’, and goes back to Old Persian Old Persian form.
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration‘Median’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜῆδοςMêdos‘an inhabitant of Media’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMedus
- EnglishtodayMede
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration‘Median’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜῆδοςMêdos‘an inhabitant of Media’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMedus
- EnglishtodayMede
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *me ‘near, by, with’
median, mediation, mediator, mediate, 21 more
through Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘middle’
mean, mid, media, medium, midst, medal, demi, maidan, mezzanine, moiety, moyen, meso, medulla, intermezzo, medio, 32 more
Today it means
noun Any of a Western Iranian people who inhabited the ancient region of Media.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Persian Old Persian form / Mede