Etymology

millimolar

M3I1L1L1I1M3O1L1A1R1

Today it means: Having a concentration of one thousandth of a mole per litre Full definition →

English molar ← Middle English molar ← Latin molāris
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  7. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  8. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  9. Latinmīlle
  10. Frenchmilli-
  11. Englishmilli-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*molh₂éh₂
  14. Proto-Italic*molā
  15. Latinmola
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Latinmolāris
  19. Middle Englishmolar
  20. Englishmolar
  21. English todaymillimolar

From milli- + molar.

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