median的词源

英文词源

median

median: see medium

median (adj.)

1590s, from Middle French médian (15c.) and directly from Latin medianus "of the middle," from medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)). Originally anatomical, of veins, arteries, nerves. Median strip "strip between lanes of traffic" is from 1954.

median (n.)

"a median part," 1540s, from Latin medianus (see median (adj.)). Meaning "middle number of a series" is from 1883.

中文词源

median：中间值的，中间的

来自拉丁语medius,在中间，词源同middle.引申词义中间值的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：median 词源，median 含义。

median：中间的，当中的  

词根词缀： -medi-中间 + -an形容词词尾