Where does “immoderately” come from?
Immoderately derives from English immoderate, itself from English moderate via Old English -līċ, from Latin in- and Latin in combined with Latin modus meaning measure, tracing to Proto-Indo-European med- meaning to measure.
immoderately (English): In an immoderate manner
Definitions
- In an immoderate manner
Ancestry of “immoderately”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immoderate | Not moderate; excessive |
| 2 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 3 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 4 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 5 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |