'modernizer' originates from the English word 'modernize,' which is derived from the Latin word 'modernus,' where 'modo' meant 'just now.'

'modernus' transformed into the French word 'moderniser,' and eventually became the modern English word 'modernize,' from which 'modernizer' is derived.

Initially, it meant 'to make something current,' and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.