- modify
[modify 词源字典]
- modify: see model
[modify etymology, modify origin, 英语词源] - modify (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French modifier (14c.), from Latin modificare "to limit, measure off, restrain," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Modified; modifying.