Where does “modesto” come from?

modesto (Chavacano) comes from Spanish Modesto, 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.

modesto (Chavacano): modest

Definitions

  1. modest

Ancestry of “modesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishModestomodest, humble, unpretentious
2LatinModestusmale variant of Modesta
3Latinmodestusmoderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,...
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →