Where does “molekylær” come from?

molekylær (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French moléculaire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

molekylær (Norwegian Nynorsk): molecular

Definitions

  1. molecular

Ancestry of “molekylær”, step by step

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