Etymology

multielectron

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Today it means: Containing multiple electrons Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. New Latinēlectricus
  7. Englishelectric
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  11. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  12. Englishion
  13. Englishelectron
  14. English todaymultielectron

From multi- + electron.

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