Etymology

submediant

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Today it means: The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI. Full definition →

English mediant ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishmediant
  5. English todaysubmediant

From sub- + mediant.

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