English

glycomodule

From glyco- + module.

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

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

Today it means

noun A complex of glycoproteins, in a plant cell wall, associated with cellular adhesion

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / glycomodule