Where does “micromodul” come from?
micromodul (Romanian) comes from English micromodule, 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.
micromodul (Romanian): micromodule
Definitions
- micromodule
Ancestry of “micromodul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | micromodule | A very small scale electronic module |
| 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 |