Where does “modiste” come from?

modiste (English) comes from French modiste, 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.

modiste (English): A person who makes or sells fashionable women's...

Definitions

  1. A person who makes or sells fashionable women's...

Ancestry of “modiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmodistemodiste; milliner
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →