Where does “modegril” come from?

modegril (Dutch) comes from Dutch mode, 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.

modegril (Dutch): A freak of fashion, something intrinsically weird...

Definitions

  1. A freak of fashion, something intrinsically weird...

Ancestry of “modegril”, step by step

modegril traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmodefashion, trend; custom, tradition, manner
2Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
3Middle Frenchmode—
4Old Frenchmode—
5Latinmodusmeasure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Dutch gril

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgrilcaprice, whim, impulse; Alternative form of grill
2GermanGrillecricket; hobby
3Middle High Germangrillecricket
4Old High Germangrillo—
5Latingrylluscricket, grasshopper; a comic figure
6Ancient Greekγρύλλοςkind of dance performed in Egypt; performer in...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →