English

media

/ˈmiː.di.ə/
The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

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    Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate.

    Etymology 2

    Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latin media, neuter plural form of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).

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    • learned borrowingLatinmedia
      • derivedProto-Italic*meðjos
        • derivedProto-Indo-European*médʰyos “between”
          • partProto-Indo-European*médʰi
          • derived (ultimately)Proto-Indo-European*dyew- “heaven, sky; to be bright”
          • partProto-Indo-European*-os
    • derivedLatinmedia

    Related: English medium (doublet), English mediate (doublet), English medio (doublet)

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