Where does “polymodal” come from?

polymodal (English) comes from English modal, from Middle French modal, from Latin modalis, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

polymodal (English): pertaining to several different forms of sensory...

Definitions

  1. pertaining to several different forms of sensory...

Ancestry of “polymodal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmodalof, or relating to a mode or modus; of, relating...
2Middle Frenchmodal—
3Latinmodalispertaining to a mode
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “polymodal”

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