Mediations
/ˌmiː.diˈeɪ.ʃənz/noun
The act or process of mediating or intervening to bring about agreement or reconciliation.
Did you know?Its root is tied to Latin medius, “middle,” which also gave English words like medium and medieval, making mediation literally a practice of standing between worlds.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*medhyo-
“middle”
Latin
Latin
medius
“middle, in the middle”
Latin
Latin
mediāre
“to be in the middle; to divide in half”
Late Latin
Latin
mediātiō
“a mediation, intervention”
Old French
Old French
médiation
“mediation, intervention”
Middle English
English
mediacioun
“mediation, intercession”
Modern English
English
mediations
“acts or processes of mediating”