English
Medel
Medel may come from Latin Emetherius.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEmetheriusuncertain
- EnglishtodayMedel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEmetheriusuncertain
- EnglishtodayMedel
A compound of ἐμός ‘my, of mine’ + ἀθάνατος ‘undying, immortal’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁mós ‘I’
Ancient Greek ἐμός ‘my, of mine’
Proto-Indo-European *-etos
Ancient Greek θνῄσκω ‘to die’
Ancient Greek θᾰ́νᾰτος ‘dying’
Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος ‘undying, immortal’
Every English word from Latin Emetherius
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Emetherius / Medel