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Where does “modern” come from?

modern (Catalan) comes from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

modern (Catalan): modern

Definitions

  1. modern

Ancestry of “modern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodernusmodern
2Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives

Words derived from “modern”

  • modernitzar
  • modernització
  • moderna
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