Where does “modest” come from?

modest (Catalan) comes from Latin Modestus, from Latin modestus, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

modest (Catalan): modest

Definitions

modest

Ancestry of “modest”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	Modestus	male variant of Modesta
2	Latin	modestus	moderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,...
3	Latin	modus	measure
4	Proto-Indo-European	mēd-	to measure
5	Proto-Indo-European	med-	to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “modest”

modestament

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