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Stage 1 of 2
mediocris
Latin · ancient
"halfway up a mountain, moderate"
literally halfway up a mountain, from medius (middle) and ocris (a rugged mountain)
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Stage 2 of 2
mediocre
English · 1580s
"of only average quality, not very good"
settled as the English word for something of average, unremarkable quality
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