Etymology

hypernucleus

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Today it means: a nucleus that consists of protons, neutrons and at least one hyperon, such as a lambda baryon Full definition →

English nucleus ← Latin nucleu ← Proto-Italic *knuks
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Italic*knuks
  8. Latinnux
  9. Latinnucleu
  10. Englishnucleus
  11. English todayhypernucleus

From hyper- + nucleus.

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