Where does “molekula” come from?

molekula (Serbo-Croatian) comes from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs — multitude, mass (of material).

molekula (Serbo-Croatian): molecule

Definitions

  1. molecule

Ancestry of “molekula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
2Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)
Every word from Latin mōlēs →Every word from New Latin molecula →
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