Etymograph

English

submodule

From sub- + module.

A compound of sub- + module

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure’

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Proto-Italic *modos

Latin modus ‘measure’

Latin modulus ‘a small measure, a measure, mode, meter’

French module

English module

Today it means

noun A module making up part of a larger module.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “submodule”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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