Where does “moderne” come from?

moderne (French) comes from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

moderne (French): modern

Definitions

  1. modern

Ancestry of “moderne”, step by step

moderne traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin modernus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodernusmodern
2Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives

via Medieval Latin modernus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmodernusmodern
2Latinmodojust, only, merely, simply; recently, just now;...

via Late Latin modernus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmodernusrecent, actual

Words derived from “moderne”

Every word from Latin -rnus →