Where does “modificāre” come from?

modificāre (Latin) comes from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Ancestry of “modificāre”, step by step

modificāre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin modus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodusmeasure
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Latin facēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfacēre—

Words derived from “modificāre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →