medal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A flat metal disc given as a prize or award, often for winning a sporting event.

   She won a gold medal at the Olympics.

2. 2
   verb

   To win a medal in a competition.

   He medalled twice at the championships this year.

From 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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