English
Medism
Medism comes from Ancient Greek μηδισμός, from Μῆδος ‘Mede, Median’, and ultimately from Old Persian Old Persian form.
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration‘Median’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜῆδος‘Mede, Median’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμηδισμόςmēdismós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēdismus
- EnglishtodayMedism
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 BCEΜῆδος‘Mede, Median’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμηδισμόςmēdismós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmēdismus
- EnglishtodayMedism
Equivalent to Mede + -ism
Old Persian Old Persian form ‘Median’
Ancient Greek Μῆδος ‘an inhabitant of Media’
Latin Medus
English Mede
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, meso, moyen, medulla, intermezzo, medio, 32 more
Today it means
noun The adoption of Persian interests by a Greek, regarded as treachery.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Persian Old Persian form / Medism