Where does “Modesta” come from?
Modesta (Latin) 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.
Ancestry of “Modesta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Modestus | — |
| 2 | Latin | modestus | moderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,... |
| 3 | Latin | modus | measure; bound, limit; manner , way , method |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
Words derived from “Modesta”