The story
- Latin · derived frommodius“Roman peck of about 9 L”
- Portuguese · derived frommoio
- English todaymoio
From Portuguese moio, from Latin modius (“Roman peck of about 9 L”), from modus (“measure”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). Doublet of moyo.
Words from the same roots
Latinmodius all →
muidmodiusmutchkin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.