Etymology

onium

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Today it means: Any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families. Full definition →

English ammonium ← New Latin ammōnium
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onium · noun1

  1. New Latinammōnium
  2. Englishammonium
  3. English todayonium

From ammonium.

onium · noun2

See Wikipedia at muonium § Nomenclature.

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