Where does “macromolécula” come from?

macromolécula (Spanish) comes from Spanish molécula, from New Latin molecula, from Latin mōlēs — multitude, mass (of material).

macromolécula (Spanish): macromolecule

Definitions

  1. macromolecule

Ancestry of “macromolécula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmoléculamolecule
2New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
3Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)
Every word from Latin mōlēs →Every word from New Latin molecula →Every word from Spanish molécula →