Where does “Modula-2” come from?

Modula-2 (English) comes from English 2 — Abbreviation of to; Abbreviation of to;...

Modula-2 (English): A programming language descended from Pascal, developed between 1977 and 1985 at the ETH in Zurich

Definitions

  1. A programming language descended from Pascal, developed between 1977 and 1985 at the ETH in Zurich

Ancestry of “Modula-2”, step by step

Modula-2 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English 2

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1English2Abbreviation of to; Abbreviation of to;...

via English Modula

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1EnglishModulaA programming language descended from Pascal, developed in the 1970s and having a module system for grouping sets of related declarations into program units
Every word from English 2