Where does “mol” come from?

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

mol (German): mole (unit of amount)

Definitions

  1. mole (unit of amount)

Ancestry of “mol”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mol”

Every word from Latin mōlēs →