Mesolithic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Hellenic *métsos

Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der.

English meso-

English -lithic

English Mesolithic

From meso- + -lithic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĕsōlĭthīk

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• Hyphenation: mes‧o‧lith‧ic

Adjective

Mesolithic (not comparable)

1. Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC.

Related terms

• lith

Translations

of or referring to the Middle Stone Age

• Belarusian: мезаліты́чны (mjezalitýčny)
• Catalan: mesolític
• Finnish: mesoliittinen (fi)
• Galician: mesolítico
• German: mittelsteinzeitlich, mesolithisch (de)
• Hindi: मध्यपाषाण (madhyapāṣāṇ)
• Irish: Méisiliteach
• Korean: 중석기 시대(中石器時代) (Jungseokgi sidae), 중석기(中石器) (Jungseokgi)
• Polish: mezolityczny (pl)
• Russian: мезолити́ческий (ru) (mezolitíčeskij)
• Ukrainian: мезоліти́чний (mezolitýčnyj), середньокам'яни́й (serednʹokamʺjanýj)

Noun

Mesolithic (uncountable)

1. Short for the Mesolithic period.

Translations

Mesolithic period

• Asturian: mesolíticu m
• Belarusian: мезалі́т m (mjezalít)
• Catalan: mesolític m
• Chinese: 中石器時代 / 中石器时代 (zh) (Zhōngshíqì Shídài)
• Czech: mezolit
• Danish: ældre stenalder
• Dutch: Mesolithicum (nl) m
• Estonian: mesoliitikum
• Finnish: mesoliittinen kausi
• French: mésolithique (fr) m
• Galician: mesolítico m
• German: Mittelsteinzeit (de) f, Mesolithikum n
• Greek: νεοολιθική m (neoolithikí)
• Hebrew: תקופת האבן התיכונה
• Hindi: मध्यपाषाण काल m (madhyapāṣāṇ kāl)
• Interlingua: mesolitico m
• Italian: mesolitico (it) m
• Japanese: 中石器時代 (ja) (Chūsekki Jidai)
• Korean: 중석기 시대(中石器時代) (Jungseokgi sidae)
• Latin: mesolithicus
• Latvian: Mesolīts
• Polish: mezolit (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mesolítico m
• Russian: Мезоли́т m (Mezolít)
• Sicilian: mesoliticu m
• Slovene: mezolitik (sl) m
• Spanish: Mesolítico m
• Swedish: mesolitisk tid
• Ukrainian: мезолі́т m (mezolít)

See also

• Neolithic
• Paleolithic
• Stone Age

Anagrams

• homiletics