Where does “modus operandi” come from?
modus operandi (Cebuano) comes from English modus operandi, from Latin modus operandī, from Latin operandi, from Latin operandus, from Latin opero, from Latin opus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-os-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep- — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
modus operandi (Cebuano): a modus operandi
Definitions
- a modus operandi
Ancestry of “modus operandi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | modus operandi | A person or thing's normal mode of operation; A... |
| 2 | Latin | modus operandī | modus operandi |
| 3 | Latin | operandi | nominative masculine plural of operandus;... |
| 4 | Latin | operandus | which is to be worked |
| 5 | Latin | opero | I work |
| 6 | Latin | opus | work, accomplishment; workmanship, artwork, work;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-os- | work |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |