Etymograph

English

media

Media is the Latinate plural of medium, from Latin media, neuter plural of medius ‘middle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘between’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos‘between’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meðjosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedius‘middle’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedia
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos‘between’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meðjosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedius‘middle’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedia
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘between’

mean, mid, midst, medal, demi, maidan, mezzanine, moiety, moyen, meso, medulla, intermezzo, 32 more

through Proto-Italic *meðjos

medium, medio, 1 more

Today it means

noun The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos / media

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