Where does “modestie” come from?

modestie (Middle French) comes from Latin modestia, from Latin Modestus, from Latin modestus, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Ancestry of “modestie”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	modestia	moderation, sophrosyne; modesty
2	Latin	Modestus	male variant of Modesta
3	Latin	modestus	moderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,...
4	Latin	modus	measure
5	Proto-Indo-European	mēd-	to measure
6	Proto-Indo-European	med-	to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “modestie”

modesty
overmodesty

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