Etymology

Mesolithic

mes·o·lith·ic
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Today it means: Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC. Full definition →

English meso- ← Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) ← Proto-Hellenic *métsos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. Englishmeso-
  8. English todayMesolithic

From meso- + -lithic.

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