Etymology

luxon

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Today it means: Any particle that travels at exactly the speed of light and has zero mass: typically a photon. Full definition →

Latin lux
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlux“light”
  2. English todayluxon

From Latin lux (“light”) + -on.

Words from the same roots

Latinlux all →

luxluciformlucigenlucigeninlucigraphlucimeterlucule

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