Where does “modal” come from?

modal (Romanian) comes from French modal, from Latin modalis, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

modal (Romanian): modal

Definitions

modal

Ancestry of “modal”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	modal	modal; a modal verb
2	Latin	modalis	pertaining to a mode
3	Latin	modus	measure
4	Proto-Indo-European	mēd-	to measure
5	Proto-Indo-European	med-	to measure; to give advice; healing

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →