Etymology

supermolecular

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Today it means: Describing the interactions between molecules due to intermolecular forces rather than covalent or ionic bonds Full definition →

English molecular ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishmolecular
  8. English todaysupermolecular

From super- + molecular.

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