Where does “intermodal” come from?

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

intermodal (French): intermodal

Definitions

  1. intermodal

Ancestry of “intermodal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmodalmodal; a modal verb
2Latinmodalispertaining to a mode
3Latinmodusmeasure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “intermodal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →