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Where does “mól” come from?

mól (Icelandic) comes from German mol, from German Molekül, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs.

mól (Icelandic): mole

Definitions

  1. mole

Ancestry of “mól”, step by step

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