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Where does “formelenhed” come from?

formelenhed (Danish) comes from Danish formel, from French formel, from Latin formālis, from French -ïsme, from Latin -isma, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

formelenhed (Danish): The quantity of a substance that is equivalent to...

Definitions

  1. The quantity of a substance that is equivalent to...

Ancestry of “formelenhed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishformelformula; formal
2Frenchformelformal; official; adamant, positive, certain
3Latinformālis—
4French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
5Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
6Latin-ismus-ism
7Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
8Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →