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

Definitions

  1. hydrogen molecule

Ancestry of “vetymolekyyli”, step by step

vetymolekyyli 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 vety

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvetyhydrogen; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Latin mōlēsEvery word from New Latin moleculaEvery word from French molécule