Where does “Molekülorbitaltheorie” come from?

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

Molekülorbitaltheorie (German): molecular orbital theory

Definitions

  1. molecular orbital theory

Ancestry of “Molekülorbitaltheorie”, step by step

Molekülorbitaltheorie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Molekülorbital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMolekülorbitalmolecular orbital
2GermanMolekülmolecule
3Frenchmoléculemolecule
4New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
5Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)

via German Theorie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTheorietheory
Every word from Latin mōlēsEvery word from New Latin moleculaEvery word from French molécule