the Middle Ages (period of chiefly European history)
çekim: tamlayan Mittelalters
köken: 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.
LatinceAera Mediaevālis, Media Aetās, Medium Aevum, Medium Tempus
Etimoloji
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.