Etymology

equimolar

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Today it means: Containing the same number of moles (of two or more compounds) Full definition →

English molar ← Middle English molar ← Latin molāris
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Latinaequi-
  5. Englishequi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*molh₂éh₂
  8. Proto-Italic*molā
  9. Latinmola
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latinmolāris
  13. Middle Englishmolar
  14. Englishmolar
  15. English todayequimolar

From equi- + molar.

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