meson

meson · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*me
2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
6. Ancient Greekμέσον (méson)
7. English todaymeson

From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”). Doublet of medium.

meson · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*me
2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
7. Englishmeso-
8. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
9. Latinēlectrum
10. New Latinēlectricus
11. Englishelectric
12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
14. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
15. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
16. Englishion
17. Englishelectronbf.
18. English todaymeson

From meso- + -on. Coined by Indian physicist Homi Bhabha in 1939, as a modification of the earlier suggestion mesotron.

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