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Where does “mole” come from?

mole (Italian) comes from German mol, from German Molekül, from French molécule, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs.

mole (Italian): mole; plural of mola

Definitions

  1. mole; plural of mola

Ancestry of “mole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmol—
2GermanMolekülmolecule
3Frenchmoléculemolecule
4New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
5Latinmōlēs—

Words derived from “mole”

  • micromole
  • moli
  • millimole
Every word from Latin mōlēs →