Where does “modern” come from?

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

modern (German): to rot, to molder; modern; state-of-the-art

Definitions

  1. to rot, to molder; modern; state-of-the-art

Ancestry of “modern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmodernemodern
2Latinmodernusmodern
3Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives

Words derived from “modern”

Every word from Latin -rnus →Every word from Latin modernus →Every word from French moderne →