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Where does “mole” come from?

mole (French) comes from German mol, from German Molekül, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs.

mole (French): breakwater, mole; mole; sunfish

Definitions

  1. breakwater, mole; mole; sunfish

Ancestry of “mole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmol—
2GermanMolekülmolecule
3Frenchmoléculemolecule
4New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
5Latinmōlēs—

Words derived from “mole”

  • мол
  • molhe
  • mole
Every word from Latin mōlēs →