Where does “modern” come from?

modern (Welsh) comes from English modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

modern (Welsh): modern

Definitions

  1. modern

Ancestry of “modern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodernPertaining to a current or recent time and style;...
2Middle Frenchmodernemodern; current; contemporary
3Latinmodernusmodern
4Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives
Every word from Latin -rnus →
modern — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer