Where does “modesto” come from?

modesto (Italian) 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 (Italian): modest, unpretentious, plain, unassuming,...

Definitions

  1. modest, unpretentious, plain, unassuming,...

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-