Etymology

dibaryon

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Today it means: Any of a proposed class of particles that would be a complex of two baryons (or six quarks). Full definition →

English baryon ← Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión) ← Proto-Hellenic *éimi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
  9. Proto-Hellenic*gʷarus
  10. Ancient Greekβαρύς (barús)
  11. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  12. Latinēlectrum
  13. New Latinēlectricus
  14. Englishelectric
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  17. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  18. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  19. Englishion
  20. Englishelectronbf.
  21. Englishbaryon
  22. English todaydibaryon

From di- + baryon.

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