Etymology

modus

mo·dus
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Today it means: The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance. Full definition →

Latin modus
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing frommodus“measure, manner, mood”
  2. English todaymodus

Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure, manner, mood”). Doublet of mode.

Words from the same roots

Latinmodus all →

modemoodmoldmodalmodus ponendo ponensmodus ponendo tollensmodus tollendo ponensmodus tollendo tollenssubjunctive mood

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