Where does “molecula” come from?

molecula (Latin) comes from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

molecula (Latin): molecule

Definitions

  1. molecule

Ancestry of “molecula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “molecula”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →