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Where does “multimodular” come from?

multimodular (English) comes from English modular, from English module, from French module, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

multimodular (English): Containing multiple modules

Definitions

  1. Containing multiple modules

Ancestry of “multimodular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodularConsisting of separate modules; especially where...
2EnglishmoduleA self-contained component of a system, often...
3Frenchmodulemodule
4Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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