Etymology

modify

mod·i·fy
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Middle English modifien ← Middle French modifier ← Latin modificare
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modify · verb1

  1. Latin · derived frommodificare“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”
  2. Middle French · derived frommodifier
  3. Middle English · inherited frommodifien
  4. English todaymodify

From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.

Modify · verb2

  1. Gujarati · derived fromમોદી
  2. English todayModify

Blend of Modi + modify, after Narendra Modi, from Gujarati મોદી (modī).

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