Where does “modesto” come from?

modesto (Galician) comes from Latin Modestus, from Latin modestus, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

modesto (Galician): modest; humble not bragging or boasting about oneself

Definitions

  1. modest; humble not bragging or boasting about oneself

Ancestry of “modesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinModestusmale variant of Modesta
2Latinmodestusmoderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,...
3Latinmodusmeasure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “modesto”

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