Where does “mode” come from?

mode (French) comes 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.

mode (French): fashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...

Definitions

  1. fashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...

Ancestry of “mode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmode—
2Old Frenchmode—
3Latinmodusmeasure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mode”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →