Where does “molekyylipaino” come from?

molekyylipaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish molekyyli, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs — multitude, mass (of material).

molekyylipaino (Finnish): molecular weight

Definitions

  1. molecular weight

Ancestry of “molekyylipaino”, step by step

molekyylipaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish molekyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmolekyyliA molecule
2Frenchmoléculemolecule
3New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
4Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Latin mōlēs →Every word from New Latin molecula →Every word from French molécule →