Small is Beautiful Word of the Day: molecule Word endings - TopicsExpress



          

Small is Beautiful Word of the Day: molecule Word endings –cule and –cle should set up a miniature alert in your mind, since theres a chance they are derived from a Latin diminutive. So it is with molecule, the smallest part of a substance that retains all the properties of that substance. The thing being miniaturized here is Latin moles, mass, a root that also shows up, peculiarly, in demolish and molest.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:12:26 +0000

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