Where does “moduulirakenteinen” come from?

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

moduulirakenteinen (Finnish): modular, modularly built

Definitions

  1. modular, modularly built

Ancestry of “moduulirakenteinen”, step by step

moduulirakenteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moduuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoduulimodule; modulus
2Frenchmodulemodule
3Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish rakenteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakenteinenstructured
2Finnishrakennestructure; texture
3Finnishrakentaato build, construct
4Proto-Finnicrakentadak
5Proto-Finno-Ugricrakkɜ-to make, prepare, build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus