Etymology Dictionary

MODE,  a manner, measure, rule, fashion.  (F.,—L.)   'In the first figure and in the third mode;'  Sir T. More, Works, p. 504 d; where it is used in a logical sense.—F. mode, 'manner, sort, fashion;' Cot.—Lat. modum, acc. of modus, a measure, manner, kind, way.   β. Akin to Gk. μῆδος, a plan, μῆδομαι, I intend, plan; from ✔MAD (Teut. MAT), to measure, to plan, best exemplified in E. mete; cf. Icel. máti, a mode, manner, way; see Mete.   γ. This ✔MAD is merely a secondary root from ✔MA, to measure; cf. Skt. má, to measure, whence also E. measure, moon, &c.   Der. mod-al, a coined word from Lat. mod-us; mod-ish, coined from F. mode; mod-el, q.v., mod-er-ate, q.v., mod-ern, q.v., mod-est, q.v.; mod-ic-um, q.v., mod-i-fy, q.v.; mod-ul-ate, q.v.   From the Lat. modus we also have accom-mod-ate, com-mod-ious.   Doublet, mood (2).