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modus (n.)
[modus 词源字典]
"way in which anything is done," 1640s, from Latin
modus
(plural
modi
), literally "a measure, extent, quantity; manner" (see
mode
(n.1)). Especially in
modus operandi
and
modus vivendi
.
[modus etymology, modus origin, 英语词源]