"Middle Ages" inotanga kuoneka muchiLatin muna 1469 se media tempestas kana "mwaka wepakati". Mukutanga kushandiswa, paive nemisiyano yakawanda, kusanganisira yepakati aevum, kana "yepakati zera", yakatanga kunyorwa muna 1604, uye media saecula, kana "yepakati zera", yakatanga kunyorwa muna 1625. Chirevo "yepakati" (kana dzimwe nguva "yepakati" kana "yepakati"), chinoreva nezveMiddle Ages, chinobva kune yepakati zera. Vanyori veMiddle Ages vakakamura nhoroondo kuva "Zvikamu zvitanhatu" kana "Madzimambo mana", uye vakafunga kuti nguva yavo yaive pamberi peConstantinite nyika yekutanga muna 1469 se "media tempestas" kana "mwaka wepakati". (1853-145) Nguva yepakati, kana kuti "yepakati zera", yakatanga kunyorwa muzvinyorwa zveMiddle Ages, yakatanga kunyorwa muzvinyorwa zveMiddle Ages, yakatanga kunyorwa muzvinyorwa zveMiddle Ages, yakatanga kunyorwa muzvinyorwa zveMiddle Ages, kana kuti "
antiqua (kana kuti "chinyakare")