Etymology of the English word medieval
the English word
medievalderived from the Latin word
medium aevumderived from the Late Latin word
aevum (time, time of life, age)
derived from the Greek word
aion, αἰών (properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*aiw-derived from the New Latin word
medium (middle, center; medium)
derived from the Latin word
medius (middle; mediator; one who stands in the middle, one who comes between; middle, middle of, mid)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*medhyo-Date
The earliest known usage of medieval in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
medievalism,
premedievalUsage
Word found in Modern English
