Where does “mole” come from?

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

mole (Italian): mole; plural of mola

Definitions

  1. mole; plural of mola

Ancestry of “mole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmolmole (unit of amount)
2GermanMolekülmolecule
3Frenchmoléculemolecule
4New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
5Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)

Words derived from “mole”

Every word from Latin mōlēs →Every word from New Latin molecula →Every word from French molécule →
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