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==Etymology==
− It is from French modeste or directly from Latin modestus, moderate, keeping due measure, sober, temperate,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from a stem *medes-, related to modus, measure, manner (see [[mode]], [[moderate]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE *med-, to take appropriate measures.^(Etymonline) Barnhart thinks it probably a back-formation from [[modesty]] (1531).^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[bor|fr|modeste]] or directly from [[la|modestus]], moderate, keeping due measure, sober, temperate,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from a stem *medes-, related to modus, measure, manner (see [[mode]], [[moderate]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*med-]], to take appropriate measures.^(Etymonline) Barnhart thinks it probably a back-formation from [[modesty]] (1531).^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==