mittelbar

Meaning

indirect, mediate

Opposite of
unmittelbar, direkt
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɪtəlˌbaː(ɐ̯)/
Etymology

Back-formation from unmittelbar, perhaps as a calque of Latin mediātus (unmittelbar being itself a calque of Latin immediātus). By surface analysis, Mittel (“means, medium”) + -bar (“-able, -ly”).

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