Etymology

submodule

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Today it means: A module making up part of a larger module. Full definition →

English module ← French module ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Frenchmodule
  5. Englishmodule
  6. English todaysubmodule

From sub- + module.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.