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Where does “помодан” come from?

помодан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian мода, from French mode, 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.

помодан (Serbo-Croatian): fashionable, trendy, trendy; in vogue

Definitions

  1. fashionable, trendy, trendy; in vogue

Ancestry of “помодан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianмодаfashion; trend
2Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
3Middle Frenchmode—
4Old Frenchmode—
5Latinmodusmeasure; bound, limit; manner , way , method
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
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