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Where does “Molekülorbitaltheorie” come from?

Molekülorbitaltheorie (German) comes from German Molekülorbital, from German Molekül, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs.

Molekülorbitaltheorie (German): molecular orbital theory

Definitions

  1. molecular orbital theory

Ancestry of “Molekülorbitaltheorie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMolekülorbitalmolecular orbital
2GermanMolekülmolecule
3Frenchmoléculemolecule
4New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
5Latinmōlēs—
Every word from Latin mōlēs →