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Origin and history of medieval

medieval(adj.)

"pertaining to or suggestive of the Middle Ages," 1825 (mediaeval), coined in English from Latin medium "the middle" (from PIE root *medhyo- "middle") + aevum "age" (from PIE root *aiw- "vital force, life; long life, eternity").

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"beliefs and practices characteristic of the Middle Ages," 1846, from medieval + -ism.

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