molar的词源

英文词源

molar

molar: see mill

molar (n.)

"grinding tooth," mid-14c., from Latin molaris dens "grinding tooth," from mola "millstone," from PIE root *mel- "to rub, grind" (see mill (n.1)). As an adjective in this sense from 1620s. In Old English they were cweornteð "quern-teeth."

molar (adj.)

in chemistry, "pertaining to one mole," 1902, from mole (4) + -ar.

中文词源

molar：磨牙，臼齿

来自拉丁语molaris dens,磨牙，来自molaris,磨，词源同mill,dens,牙齿，词源同tooth.

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