Medusa
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Root
-mudza
to raise up, to lift, to make stand, to elevate in rank
Medusa descends from Shona mudza, to raise up, to set over
- Confidence
- 41/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- MedusaEnglish
The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics derives English Medusa from Latin Medusa, from Ancient Greek Medousa, the feminine present participle of medein 'to rule, to guard', itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- 'to measure, mete out'. No relation to Shona or any Bantu language is recognised.
The working behind this.
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