Where does “trimodular” come from?
trimodular (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.
trimodular (English): Having three modes of operation
Definitions
- Having three modes of operation
Ancestry of “trimodular”, step by step
trimodular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English modular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | modular | Consisting of separate modules; especially where... |
| 2 | English | module | A self-contained component of a system, often... |
| 3 | French | module | module |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |