Comparative evidence

1.med

• Lat. modus -ī, m. ‘quantity’, ‘a unit of measurement’, ‘size’, ‘extent’, ‘limit’, ‘moderation’, ‘metre’, ‘manner’, ‘mode’, ‘form’, ‘type’  (OLD: 1124-1125)

• Lat. modestus -a, -um ‘restrained’, ‘temperate’, ‘mild’, ‘well-behaved’, ‘modest’, ‘unassuming’ (OLD: 1122)

• Lat. medeor -ērī ‘heal’, ‘cure’, ‘remedy’ (OLD: 1087)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.