Etymology of the French word moderne
the Old French word
modernederived from the Latin word
modernus (modern)
derived from the Late Latin word
mododerived from the Latin word
modus (manner, mode, way)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*med-Date
The earliest known usage of moderne in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
moderniser,
modernisme,
moderniste,
modernité,
ultramoderne,
modernissimeDerivations in other languages
English
moderne, English
modern, Romanian
modernCognates
Dutch
modern, English
modern, German
modern, Italian
moderno, Lithuanian
modernus, Norwegian
moderne, Swedish
modern, Yiddish
modernUsage
Word found in Old French
