I dreamed that TV wildlife guru David Attenborough was narrating a film about my life: And for the 49th time, the runt of the group attempts to climb out of the pit but does a dramatic face plant into decomposing warthog poop. Let's see if he gets up this time..
A med as a boys' name is of Arabic origin, and the name Amed means highly praised or one who constantly thanks God. Amed is an alternate form of Ahmed (Arabic). starts with am-
As (as the OED has it) the the branch of knowledge dealing with the mechanical arts and applied sciences and the study of this, it's first attested in 1787. As the application of such knowledge for practical purposes, in 1829, and to refer to the product of this application, it is first known in 1898. (It's used earlier in a different meaning in 1612.) So that probably gives some indication of the time around which those meanings first came into use. '1898 Proc. Amer.