medial的词源

英文词源

medial: medial: see medium
medial (adj.): 1560s, "pertaining to a mathematical mean," from Late Latin medialis "of the middle," from Latin medius "in the middle," from PIE *medhyo- "middle" (cognates: Sanskrit madhyah, Avestan madiya- "middle," Greek mesos, Gothic midjis, Old English midd "middle," Old Church Slavonic medzu "between," Armenian mej "middle"); perhaps related to PIE root *me- "between." Meaning "occupying a middle position" is attested from 1721.
medial (n.): "a medial letter," 1776, from medial (adj.).

来自拉丁语medius,在中间，词源同middle.

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词根词缀： -medi-中间 + -al形容词词尾