Where does “modesto” come from?

modesto (Spanish) comes from Latin modestus, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

modesto (Spanish): modest, humble, unpretentious

Definitions

  1. modest, humble, unpretentious

Ancestry of “modesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodestusmoderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,...
2Latinmodusmeasure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
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