Where does “modistry” come from?

modistry (English) comes from English modist, 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.

modistry (English): That which is fashionable; anything trendy

Definitions

  1. That which is fashionable; anything trendy

Ancestry of “modistry”, step by step

modistry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English modist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodistA follower of fashion; A supporter of modism
2Frenchmodistemodiste; milliner
3Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
4Middle Frenchmode
5Old Frenchmode
6Latinmodusmeasure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via English ry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishryA test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-