medium

Where does the word "medium" come from? It comes from Latin medium, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).

Medium’s story begins in Latin: medium meant “the middle, a middle ground.” The middle, a neuter form of medius. It reached English by 1600s as medium. Settled as the English word for a means through which something is conveyed. Today, medium means a means by which something is communicated, expressed, or achieved.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient medium "the middle, a middle ground", the middle, a neuter form of medius.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1600s medium "a means by which something is communicated or expressed", settled as the English word for a means through which something is conveyed.