Where does “modisch” come from?

modisch (German) comes from German Mode, from French mode, 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.

modisch (German): fashionable

Definitions

  1. fashionable

Ancestry of “modisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanModefashion, trend
2Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
3Middle Frenchmode
4Old Frenchmode
5Latinmodusmeasure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “modisch

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-
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