Where does “mode” come from?

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

mode (Middle English): Activity within one's mind or brain; A person's...

Definitions

  1. Activity within one's mind or brain; A person's...

Ancestry of “mode”, step by step

mode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French mode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmode—
2Latinmodusmeasure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Old English mōd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmōdheart, mind, spirit, mood, temper; courage;...
2Proto-Germanicmōdazmind, sense; zeal, boldness, courage; anger
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmē-to measure; endeavour, will, temper; many

Words derived from “mode”

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