Words that come from Late Latin “modernus”

158 words across 20 languages descend from Late Latin modernus — including modern, modernity, postmodern, modernization, modernist, modernism, postmodernism, modernize.

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English (75)

Italian (26)

French (12)

Portuguese (7)

Swedish (5)

Finnish (5)

Spanish (5)

Hungarian (4)

Japanese (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Lower Sorbian (2)

Middle French (1)

Russian (1)

Chinese (1)

Turkish (1)

Georgian (1)

Cebuano (1)

Ido (1)

Dutch (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)