m 3 e 1 d 2 a 1 l 1
5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
originFrom Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adjective), from Classical Latin medius.
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