Etymology

argonium

A1R1G2O1N1I1U1M3

Today it means: A cation (ArH⁺) formed by protonation of an argon atom Full definition →

English onium ← New Latin ammōnium ← French carbone
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wérgon
  8. Ancient Greekἔργον (érgon)
  9. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ργός (ārgós)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  11. Latincarbōnem
  12. Frenchcarbone
  13. Englishcarbonbf.
  14. Englishargon
  15. New Latinammōnium
  16. Englishammonium
  17. Englishonium
  18. English todayargonium

From argon + -onium.

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