Etymology

antimeson

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Today it means: The antiparticle corresponding to a meson. Full definition →

English meson ← Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) ← Proto-Hellenic *métsos
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The story

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*me
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  5. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  7. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  8. Englishmeso-
  9. Englishmeson
  10. English todayantimeson

From anti- + meson.

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