Etymology

jellium

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Today it means: A quantum mechanical model of a "gas" of electrons Full definition →

English jelly ← Middle English gele ← Old French gelee
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  2. Latingelū
  3. Latingelō
  4. Early Medieval Latingelāta
  5. Old Frenchgelee
  6. Middle Englishgele
  7. Englishjelly
  8. English todayjellium

From jelly + -ium.

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