Etymology

baryonless

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Today it means: Without baryons. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English baryon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gʷarus
  4. Ancient Greekβαρύς (barús)
  5. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  6. Latinēlectrum
  7. New Latinēlectricus
  8. Englishelectric
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  11. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  12. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  13. Englishion
  14. Englishelectronbf.
  15. Englishbaryon
  16. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  18. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  19. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  20. English todaybaryonless

From baryon + -less.

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