Where does “modest” come from?
modest (Romanian) comes from French modeste, 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.
modest (Romanian): modest
Definitions
- modest
Ancestry of “modest”, step by step
modest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French modeste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | modeste | modest |
| 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 |
via Italian modesto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | modesto | modest, unpretentious, plain, unassuming,... |