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Density

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the mass of a substance per unit of volume
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Stage 1 of 2
densitas
Latin · ancient
"thickness, compactness"
thickness, compactness, from densus (thick, dense)
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Stage 2 of 2
density
English · 1600s
"the mass of a substance per unit volume"
settled as the physics word for mass per unit volume
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