Etymology

bipolaron

B3I1P3O1L1A1R1O1N1

Today it means: A doubly-charged polaron Full definition →

English polaron ← Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión) ← Proto-Hellenic *éimi
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷól-os
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pólos
  9. Ancient Greekπόλος (pólos)
  10. Latinpolus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Late Latinpolāri
  14. Englishpolar
  15. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  16. Latinēlectrum
  17. New Latinēlectricus
  18. Englishelectric
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  21. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  22. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  23. Englishion
  24. Englishelectronbf.
  25. Englishpolaron
  26. English todaybipolaron

From bi- + polaron.

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