Etymology

monomolecular

M3O1N1O1M3O1L1E1C3U1L1A1R1

Today it means: involving a single molecule Full definition →

English molecular ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French molécule
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Latinmōlēs
  7. New Latinmōlēcula
  8. Frenchmolécule
  9. Englishmolecule
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishmolecular
  13. English todaymonomolecular

From mono- + molecular.

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