Where does “modified” come from?

modified (English) comes from English modify, from Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificāre, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

modified (English): changed; altered; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. changed; altered; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “modified”, step by step

modified traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English modify

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodifyTo change part of; To be or become modified; To...
2Middle Englishmodifien—
3Middle Frenchmodifier—
4Latinmodificāre—
5Latinmodusmeasure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via English modi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmodiplural of modus
2MarathiमोडीModi script
3Old Marathi𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲—

Words derived from “modified”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →