Latin

modulus

‘a small measure or interval’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin modulus.

9 English words in this record descend from Latin modulus, most familiar first.

• model ← modelle ← modello ← *modellus
• module
• mold ← molde ← modle
• mould ← molde
• modulation ← modulacion ← modulātiō ← modulor
• molding ← moldynge ← molden ← molde ← modle
• modulus ← module
• modulo
• moulder ← molder ← molden ← molde ← modle

Etymograph / Latin modulus