English
nodule
Nodule comes from Latin nōdulus ‘small knot’, and goes back to nōdus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdus‘knot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdulus‘small knot’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008nodule
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdus‘knot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdulus‘small knot’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008nodule
Earliest quotation: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect: “Biotics manipulate mass effect fields using dozens of element…”
Linked words
through Latin nōdus ‘knot’
Today it means
noun A small lump, often roughly hemispherical in shape; a small node.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nōdus / nodule