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Where does “modificar” come from?

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

modificar (Spanish): to modify

Definitions

  1. to modify

Ancestry of “modificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodificō—
2Latinmodusmeasure; bound, limit; manner , way , method
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “modificar”

  • modificativo
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