Etymology

niton

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Today it means: Former name of radon. Full definition →

Latin nitēre
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromnitēre“to shine”
  2. English todayniton

From Latin nitēre (“to shine”) + -on

Words from the same roots

Latinnitēre all →

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