Where does “møde” come from?

møde (Danish) comes from French mode, from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

møde (Danish): meeting; encounter; appointment

Definitions

  1. meeting; encounter; appointment

Ancestry of “møde”, step by step

møde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
2Middle Frenchmode—
3Old Frenchmode—
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Old Norse mœta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemœtato meet
2Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “møde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →