Where does “mode” come from?

mode (Dutch) 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.

mode (Dutch): fashion, trend; custom, tradition, manner

Definitions

  1. fashion, trend; custom, tradition, manner

Ancestry of “mode”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mode”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →