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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodernusmodern
2Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives

Words derived from “moderne”

  • modern
  • modernity
  • postmodern
  • modernization
  • modernist
  • modernism
  • postmodernism
  • modernize
  • premodern
  • postmodernist
  • postmodernity
  • modernistic
  • ultramodern
  • antimodern
  • antimodernist
  • moderner
  • modernness
  • nonmodern
  • modernizer
  • antimodernism
  • hypermodern
  • modernly
  • postmodernization
  • unmodern
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