English
medial
Medial comes from Latin mediālis ‘middle’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *médʰi ‘with, among’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰi‘with, among’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos‘middle’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meðios‘middle’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedius‘that is in the middle or midst’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmediālis‘middle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892medial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰi‘with, among’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos‘middle’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*meðios‘middle’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedius‘that is in the middle or midst’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmediālis‘middle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892medial
Earliest quotation: 1892, Walter Besant, Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?: “Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, hot, deal, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, feature, defence, custom, theme, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, thesis, aesthetic, defendant, feast, synthetic, theology, ethical, doom, tick, atheist, ethic, atheism, deed, dis, deem, auditorium, spade, thematic, ethos, forfeit, auditor, fanatic, prefect, 125 more
through Proto-Indo-European *médʰi ‘with, among’
through Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘middle’
mid, midst, maidan, meso, 31 more
through Latin medius ‘that is in the middle or midst’
mean, medium, demi, milieu, mezzanine, moiety, medallion, moyen, medulla, intermezzo, medio, 21 more
through Latin mediālis ‘middle’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *médʰi / medial