Where does “molekyylisuihku” come from?

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

molekyylisuihku (Finnish): molecular beam

Definitions

  1. molecular beam

Ancestry of “molekyylisuihku”, step by step

molekyylisuihku 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 suihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuihkushower; jet; spray
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Latin mōlēs →Every word from New Latin molecula →Every word from French molécule →