Etymology

mediastinum

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Today it means: The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs. Full definition →

New Latin mediastīnum ← Medieval Latin mediastīnus ← Latin mediastīnus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frommediastīnus“a common servant”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed frommediastīnus“middling; middle”
  3. New Latin · borrowed frommediastīnum
  4. English todaymediastinum

From New Latin mediastīnum, from Medieval Latin mediastīnus (“middling; middle”), from Latin mediastīnus (“a common servant”).

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