Where does “molekuler” come from?

molekuler (Indonesian) comes from Dutch moleculair, from French moléculaire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

molekuler (Indonesian): molecular

Definitions

  1. molecular

Ancestry of “molekuler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmoleculairmolecular
2Frenchmoléculairemolecular
3French-aire-ary; -aire
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from French -aire →