Where does “摩登” come from?

摩登 (Chinese) comes from English modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

摩登 (Chinese): modern; fashionable; popular

Definitions

  1. modern; fashionable; popular

Ancestry of “摩登”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodernPertaining to a current or recent time and style;...
2Middle Frenchmodernemodern; current; contemporary
3Latinmodernusmodern
4Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives
Every word from Latin -rnus →Every word from Latin modernus →Every word from Middle French moderne →