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Where does “supramolecule” come from?

supramolecule (English) comes from English molecule, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs.

supramolecule (English): Any organized system of two or more molecules...

Definitions

  1. Any organized system of two or more molecules...

Ancestry of “supramolecule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoleculeThe smallest particle of a specific element or...
2Frenchmoléculemolecule
3New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
4Latinmōlēs—
Every word from Latin mōlēs →