Etymology

nanomolar

N1A1N1O1M3O1L1A1R1

Today it means: Describing concentrations one billionth (10⁻⁹) of molar Full definition →

English molar ← Middle English molar ← Latin molāris
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*molh₂éh₂
  6. Proto-Italic*molā
  7. Latinmola
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Latinmolāris
  11. Middle Englishmolar
  12. Englishmolar
  13. English todaynanomolar

From nano- + molar.

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