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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; bound, limit; manner , way , method
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mode”

  • modiste
  • modist
  • modisto
  • moda
  • modista
  • модистка
  • мода
  • modiste
  • Modeschmuck
  • Mode
  • modebewusst
  • Modesünde
  • modisch
  • moda
  • antimoda
  • modo
  • mode
  • moda
  • pomodan
  • moda
  • помодан
  • мода
  • mote
  • motebevisst
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