Etymology

via media

Today it means: A third way; a middle course, a compromise. Full definition →

Latin via media ← ['la ',
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The story

  1. ['la · learned borrowing from',
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromvia media
  3. English todayvia media

Learned borrowing from Latin via media (“a middle way”).

Words from the same roots

['la', all →

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