Where does “modeste” come from?

modeste (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.

modeste (Latin): moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly

Definitions

  1. moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly

Ancestry of “modeste”, 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
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