Etymology

charactron

C3H4A1R1A1C3T1R1O1N1

Today it means: A form of cathode ray tube used to display letters and other characters Full definition →

English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  2. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  3. Latincharactēr
  4. Old Frenchcaractere
  5. Middle Englishcaracter
  6. Englishcharacter
  7. English todaycharactron

Originally a trademark, presumably character + -tron.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.