Where does “moolitilavuus” come from?

moolitilavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilavuus, from Finnish tilava, from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

moolitilavuus (Finnish): molar volume

Definitions

  1. molar volume

Ancestry of “moolitilavuus”, step by step

moolitilavuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tilavuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilavuusvolume; capacity
2Finnishtilavaspacious, roomy
3Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish mooli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoolimole
2Germanmolmole (unit of amount)
3GermanMolekülmolecule
4Frenchmoléculemolecule
5New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
6Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc