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Where does “модерн” come from?

модерн (Russian) comes from French moderne, from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

модерн (Russian): modern, contemporary, fashionable; моде́рн •...

Definitions

  1. modern, contemporary, fashionable; моде́рн •...

Ancestry of “модерн”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmodernemodern
2Latinmodernusmodern
3Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives
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