Where does “modificar” come from?

modificar (Portuguese) comes from Latin modificō, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

modificar (Portuguese): to modify

Definitions

  1. to modify

Ancestry of “modificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodificōto limit
2Latinmodusmeasure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “modificar”

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