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.).
中文词源
来自拉丁语medius,在中间，词源同middle.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：medial 词源，medial 含义。
词根词缀： -medi-中间 + -al形容词词尾
