mode
Middle English
/moːd/, /ˈmɔːd(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Activity within one's mind or brain:
- A person's nature or temperament; that which defines one's behaviour.
- One's visible nature; the appearance of someone.
- (rare) One's actions as a whole; the way one behaves.
- (rare) Writing or speaking; communication.
- (rare) An enterprise or endeavour.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mōd (courage, mind, mood, pride, violence, temper, arrogance, spirit, power, heart) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mōdaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- moody English
- *mē- Proto-Indo-European
- *mō- Proto-Indo-European
- *mōdaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōdą Proto-Germanic
- bolgenmod Old English
- drēoriġmōd Old English
- eaþmod Old English
- guþmod Old English
- mod Old English
- modcræft Old English
- modcræftig Old English
- modig Old English
- modsefa Old English
- modstaþol Old English
- modþracu Old English
- mōd Old English
- mōdiġ Old English
- ofermod Old English
- stearcmod Old English
- þolemod Old English
- drerimod Middle English
- drery Middle English
- modilich Middle English
- modinesse Middle English
- mody Middle English
- mood Middle English
- moode Middle English
- móðr Old Norse
- muot Old High German
- 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *mōd gmw-pro
- *muot Old Dutch
- mōd Old Saxon