English
Medina
Medina comes from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة ‘the city’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلْمَدِينَةal-madīna‘the city’
- EnglishtodayMedina
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلْمَدِينَةal-madīna‘the city’
- EnglishtodayMedina
Every English word from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة
Another origin of Medina
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*me‘near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos‘middle’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*midjaz‘middle’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*medumô‘middle, midmost’reconstructedroot of *midjaz
- Old Englishc. 450–1150medume‘the middle one’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Medine
- EnglishtodayMedina
Another origin of Medina
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMedina
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
name A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة / Medina