Etymology

Mediterraneanize

Today it means: To make (someone or something) Mediterranean in behaviour or style. Full definition →

English Mediterranean ← Latin mediterrāneus ← Proto-Italic *tersā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Italic*meðios
  6. Latinmedius
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ters-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ters-eh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*tersā
  10. Latinterra
  11. Latinmediterrāneus
  12. EnglishMediterranean
  13. English todayMediterraneanize

From Mediterranean + -ize.

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