Etymology

quarkonic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or composed of quarks. Full definition →

English carbonbf. ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Englishquark
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  3. Latincarbōnem
  4. Frenchcarbone
  5. Englishcarbonbf.
  6. English todayquarkonic

From quark + -on + -ic.

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