Where does “modulor” come from?

modulor (Latin) 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.

modulor (Latin): I measure; I regulate; I beat time

Definitions

  1. I measure; I regulate; I beat time

Ancestry of “modulor”, 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-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “modulor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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