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, molal, molality, molar, molarity, mole, molecula, moleculae, molecular, molecule, molecules, moles, nanomole, picomole

Notes

International System of Units “Base Unit”

Homographs

Mole, Mole, Mole, Mole