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Mezzanine

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a low, intermediate floor level between two main stories of a building
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Stage 1 of 3
medianus
Latin · ancient
"in the middle"
in the middle, from medius (middle)
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Stage 2 of 3
mezzanino
Italian · 1600s
"a low intermediate floor level"
settled in Italian for a low intermediate story between two main floors
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Stage 3 of 3
mezzanine
English · 1690s
"an intermediate floor level between two main stories"
adopted through French for an intermediate floor between two main stories
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