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Where does “module” come from?

module (French) comes 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.

module (French): module

Definitions

  1. module

Ancestry of “module”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “module”

  • module
  • modular
  • modularity
  • modularization
  • submodule
  • modularize
  • modularisation
  • modularly
  • submodular
  • unimodular
  • supermodular
  • nonmodular
  • bimodular
  • multimodular
  • supermodularity
  • intermodular
  • moduled
  • modularise
  • submodularity
  • cryomodule
  • multimodule
  • supermodule
  • semimodule
  • modulization
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