Where does “immunomodulateur” come from?
immunomodulateur (French) comes from French modulateur, from French moduler, from Latin modulor, 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.
immunomodulateur (French): immunomodulator; immunomodulating
Definitions
- immunomodulator; immunomodulating
Ancestry of “immunomodulateur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | modulateur | modulator |
| 2 | French | moduler | to modulate |
| 3 | Latin | modulor | I measure; I regulate; I beat time |
| 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 |