The story
- German · derived fromneben“near”
- English todaynebenion
Words from the same roots
Germanneben all →
nebenkern
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nebenion
Today it means: Any ion near another one that is involved in transport through a membrane, and that is influencing its transport properties (especially one that assists, rather than counters, the transport of another ion) Full definition →
German neben