Etymology

gravitino

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Today it means: A subatomic particle, related to the graviton, predicted by supersymmetry Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
  3. Proto-Italic*gʷraus
  4. Latingravis
  5. Latingravitā
  6. Frenchgravité
  7. Latingravitā
  8. Englishgravity
  9. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  10. Latinēlectrum
  11. New Latinēlectricus
  12. Englishelectric
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  15. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  16. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  17. Englishion
  18. Englishelectronbf.
  19. Englishgraviton
  20. English todaygravitino

From graviton + -ino.

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