Where does “mode” come from?

mode (Makasar) comes from Dutch mode, from French mode, from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mode (Makasar): fashion; trend; current style specifically regarding clothes, haircuts, decorations, etc

Definitions

  1. fashion; trend; current style specifically regarding clothes, haircuts, decorations, etc

Ancestry of “mode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmodefashion, trend; custom, tradition, manner
2Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
3Middle Frenchmode—
4Old Frenchmode—
5Latinmodusmeasure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mode”

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