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English word modern comes from Latin modus, and later Latin modo (Just, only. Presently. Recently, just now.)
modus (Latin)
(grammar) mood, mode. Bound, limit. Manner, method, way. Measure.
modo (Latin)
Just, only. Presently. Recently, just now.
modernus (Late Latin)
moderne (Middle French)
Modern; current; contemporary.
modern (English)
(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. Someone who lives in modern times.. The modern time.