Etymology

micromolar

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Today it means: Describing a concentration of one millionth of a mole per litre Full definition →

English molar ← Middle English molar ← Latin molāris
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*molh₂éh₂
  7. Proto-Italic*molā
  8. Latinmola
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latinmolāris
  12. Middle Englishmolar
  13. Englishmolar
  14. English todaymicromolar

From micro- + molar.

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