Latin

modus

‘measure’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin modus.

35 English words in this record descend from Latin modus, most familiar first.

• model ← modelle ← modello ← *modellus ← modulus
• modern ← moderne ← modernus ← modo
• mode
• mood
• mud ← mudde ← modius
• module ← modulus
• commodity ← commoditee ← commoditee ← commoditās ← commodus
• modification ← modificatioune ← modificātiō ← modificō
• mold ← molde ← modle ← modulus
• mould ← molde ← modulus
• modulation ← modulacion ← modulātiō ← modulor ← modulus
• molding ← moldynge ← molden ← molde ← modle

More words from modus

• modal
• modernize
• modus
• modality
• modulus
• modicum
• modulo
• modifiable
• moulder
• commodious
• commodify
• modiolus
• modiste
• démodé
• incommodity
• modificate
• modius
• modist
• modiolar
• modinha
• moio
• muid
• tremie

Etymograph / Latin modus