What language does the word 'media' originate?

Question

I am doing an Year 8 English/Media Studies project on magazines and a mini assignment has been given out to find where the word 'media' originated from. 10 points for the most detailed but simplified and shortest answer.

Answer 1

Media and Medes
(Medía, Mêdoi).

An ancient country of Asia and the inhabitants thereof. The Hebrew and Assyrian form of the word Media is mdy (Madai) which corresponds to the Mada by which the land is designated in the earliest Persian cuneiform texts. The origin and significance of the word are unknown.

Answer 2

Media, like data, is the plural form of a word borrowed directly from Latin. The singular, medium, early developed the meaning “an intervening agency, means, or instrument” and was first applied to newspapers two centuries ago. In the 1920s media began to appear as a singular collective noun, sometimes with the plural medias. This singular use is now common in the fields of mass communication and advertising, but it is not frequently found outside them: The media is (or are) not antibusiness.

Answer 3

It's the plural of the word "medium", which is from the Latin neuter form of "medius", or "middle". Media, like data, is the plural form of a word borrowed directly from Latin. The singular, "medium", early developed the meaning “an intervening agency, means, or instrument” and was first applied to newspapers two centuries ago. In the 1920s "media" began to appear as a singular collective noun, sometimes with the plural "medias". This singular use is now common in the fields of mass communication and advertising, but it is not frequently found outside them.

Answer 4

Media is a latin word and is plural for medium, meaning "everyday life, the common good, the public eye"