Etymology of the French word molécule
the French word
moléculederived from the Latin word
molecula (molecule)
derived from the Latin word
moles (crowd, throng; heavy responsibility; large mass; rock, boulder; large structure, building; military structure)
Date
The earliest known usage of molécule in French dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in French
moléculaire,
hypermolécule,
macromolécule,
micromolécule,
molécule-grammeDerivations in other languages
English
molecule, Romanian
moleculăCognates
Dutch
molecule, English
molecule, German
Molekül, Icelandic
mólekúl, Swedish
molekyl
