Middle Ages · see: μεσαίωνας (mesaíonas, “Middle Ages; period of extreme backwardness”)
çekim: tamlayan Μεσαίωνα
köken: From Katharevousa μεσαίων (mesaíon) + modern ending -ωνας, from phrase μέσος (mésos, “middle”) αἰών m (aiṓn, “century”), a calque of French Moyen Âge. With capital first letter, when referring to a specific era.
LatinceAera Mediaevālis, Media Aetās, Medium Aevum, Medium Tempus
Etimoloji
From Middle High German mittel alter (“middle age [of life]”), at least since the 16th century also univerbated. By surface analysis, mittel- (“mid, middle”) + Alter (“age”). The historic sense dates from the 18th century and is a calque of New Latin medium aevum, from the idea that it was the interim between Antiquity and Modernity.