Where does “molekyylimallitus” come from?

molekyylimallitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mallitus, from Finnish mallittaa, from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

molekyylimallitus (Finnish): molecular modeling

Definitions

  1. molecular modeling

Ancestry of “molekyylimallitus”, step by step

molekyylimallitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mallitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallitusmodeling describing with a model
2Finnishmallittaato model describe with a model
3Finnishmallimodel, template; model, mannequin; example, a...
4Swedishmalla template
5Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
6Old Frenchmole
7Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish molekyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmolekyyliA molecule
2Frenchmoléculemolecule
3New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
4Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós