Etymology

moderation

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Today it means: The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes. Full definition →

Middle French [Term?] ← Old French moderacion ← Latin moderātiō
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  1. Latin*med-der.?
  2. Latinmoderō
  3. Latinmoderātiō
  4. Old Frenchmoderacion
  5. Middle French[Term?]
  6. English todaymoderation

Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. By surface analysis, moderate + ion.

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