English
qumode
From qu- + mode.
Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure’
Proto-Indo-European *mod-ós ‘measure’
Proto-Italic *modos
Latin modus ‘measure’
Old French mode
English mode
Today it means
noun An information-carrying unit of a harmonic oscillator.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “qumode”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / qumode