English
hydromodify
From hydro- + modify.
Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’
Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’
English hydro-
Latin modificari ‘to measure off, set bound to, moderate’
Latin modificare ‘to limit, control, regulate, deponent’
Middle French modifier
Middle English modifien
English modify
Today it means
verb To subject to hydromodification
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hydromodify