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Where does “modificare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “modificare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodusmeasure; bound, limit; manner , way , method
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
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