Etymology

modulus

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Today it means: The base with respect to which a congruence is computed. Full definition →

French module ← Latin modulus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommodulus
  2. French · learned borrowing frommodule
  3. English todaymodulus

Learned borrowing from French module as Latin modulus. Doublet of module and mold.

Words from the same roots

Frenchmodule all →

module

Latinmodulus all →

modulemoldmouldmoulder

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