Where does “Mood” come from?

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

Mood (Plautdietsch): fashion, style

Definitions

  1. fashion, style

Ancestry of “Mood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmōdemud
2Middle Frenchmode—
3Old Frenchmode—
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →