Where does “moderne” come from?

moderne (Middle French) comes from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

moderne (Middle French): modern; current; contemporary

Definitions

  1. modern; current; contemporary

Ancestry of “moderne”, step by step

moderne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin modernus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodernusmodern
2Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives

via Late Latin modernus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmodernusrecent, actual

Words derived from “moderne”

Every word from Latin -rnus →Every word from Latin modernus →