English
medulla
Medulla comes from Latin medulla ‘pith, marrow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedulla‘pith, marrow’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedulla‘pith, marrow’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Latin medulla (‘pith, marrow’), perhaps from medius (‘middle’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘between’
mid, media, midst, maidan, meso, 26 more
through Proto-Italic *meðios ‘middle’
through Latin medius ‘middle’
mean, medium, medal, median, demi, mediation, milieu, mediator, medial, mediate, mezzanine, moiety, moyen, intermezzo, medio, 18 more
Today it means
noun The soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin medulla / medulla