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- Latin · derived frommodestia
- Middle French · borrowed frommodestie
- English todaymodesty
Borrowed from Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia; equivalent to modest + -y.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
modesty
Today it means: The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities. Full definition →
Middle French modestie ← Latin modestia