Where does “vetymolekyyli” come from?
vetymolekyyli (Finnish) comes from Finnish molekyyli, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs — multitude, mass (of material).
vetymolekyyli (Finnish): hydrogen molecule
Ancestry of “vetymolekyyli”, step by step
vetymolekyyli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish molekyyli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | molekyyli | A molecule |
| 2 | French | molécule | molecule |
| 3 | New Latin | molecula | a molecule; molecule |
| 4 | Latin | mōlēs | multitude, mass (of material) |
via Finnish vety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vety | hydrogen; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |