Substantiviation ofmediālia (with loss of the first /j/ via dissimilation), neuter plural of Late Latinmediālis(“middle”,adj), from Classical Latinmedius +‎-ālis. Attested in a ninth-century gloss, with the sense of 'half adenarius', the predominant meaning in Romance. Non-numismatic senses remain, however, in Sardinian and regional Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese.^[1]

medālia f (genitivemedāliae);first declension(EarlyMedieval Latin)

1. that which is in themiddle
2. type of coin worth half adenarius

First-declension noun.

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “meádza”, inDizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Back-formation frommedaliat

a medalia (third-person singular presentmedaliează,past participlemedaliat) 1st conjugation

1. tomedal

• Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *médʰi
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• Latin terms suffixed with -alis
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