Where does “modmin” come from?
modmin (English) comes from English admin, from English administrator, from Latin administrātor, from Latin administrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
modmin (English): A user on social media who is either a moderator or an administrator
Definitions
- A user on social media who is either a moderator or an administrator
Ancestry of “modmin”, step by step
modmin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English admin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admin | Administration, or administrative work; A systems... |
| 2 | English | administrator | One who administers affairs; one who directs,... |
| 3 | Latin | administrātor | manager, conductor, administrator |
| 4 | Latin | administrō | to attend upon, assist, serve |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English moderator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | moderator | someone who moderates; the person who presides... |
| 2 | Latin | moderātor | manager, ruler, governor, director |
| 3 | Latin | moderor | I set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate,... |
| 4 | Latin | modus | measure |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |