Mole

Morpheme

Mole

Type

free base

Denotation

multitude, mass, structure, barrier, unit of amount of substance

Etymology

(1) French môle and/or Latin mōlēs; (2) 1900 German Mol, from Gramm-Molekül coinage by German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald; French molécule; New Latin molecula; Latin mōlēs

Evidence

attomole, kilomole, micromole, millimole, molality, molar, molarity, mole, moleculae, molecular, molecule, molecule, moles, nanomole, picomole

Notes

International System of Units “Base Unit”

Homographs

Mole, Mole, Mole, Mole