Where does “Molekülorbital” come from?

Molekülorbital (German) comes from German Molekül, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs — multitude, mass (of material).

Molekülorbital (German): molecular orbital

Definitions

  1. molecular orbital

Ancestry of “Molekülorbital”, step by step

Molekülorbital traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Molekül

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMolekülmolecule
2Frenchmoléculemolecule
3New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
4Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)

via German orbital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanorbitalorbital

Words derived from “Molekülorbital”

Every word from Latin mōlēs →Every word from New Latin molecula →Every word from French molécule →