Where does “Molekularsieb” come from?

Molekularsieb (German) comes from German molekular, from French moléculaire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Molekularsieb (German): molecular sieve

Definitions

  1. molecular sieve

Ancestry of “Molekularsieb”, step by step

Molekularsieb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German molekular

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmolekularmolecular
2Frenchmoléculairemolecular
3French-aire-ary; -aire
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German sieb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansiebsieve; sifter; strainer; colander; riddle any device with holes used to separate solids from liquids or fine matter from coarse matter
2Middle High Germansip—
3Old High Germansibsieve
4Proto-Germanicsibi—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →