Where does “modèrniste” come from?

modèrniste (Norman) comes from Norman modèrne, from Late Latin modernus, from Latin modō — just, only, merely, simply.

modèrniste (Norman): modernist

Definitions

  1. modernist

Ancestry of “modèrniste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanmodèrnemodern
2Late Latinmodernusrecent, actual
3Latinmodōjust, only, merely, simply
Every word from Latin modō →Every word from Late Latin modernus →Every word from Norman modèrne →