The story
- Latin · derived frommedianus
- Old Catalan · derived frommitjana
- Old French · derived frommigenne
- Middle French · derived frommisaine
- Middle English · inherited frommesan
- English todaymizzen
From Middle English mesan, meseyn, myson, from Middle French misaine, modified from Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), from Old Catalan mitjana, feminine of mitjan, ultimately from Latin medianus. Doublet of mean and median.
Words from the same roots
Latinmedianus all →
medianmezzanine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.