Where does “modestissimo” come from?

modestissimo (Italian) comes from Italian modesto, 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.

Ancestry of “modestissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmodestomodest, unpretentious, plain, unassuming,...
2LatinModestusmale variant of Modesta
3Latinmodestusmoderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,...
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-