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- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
- Englishcation
- English todaytetracation
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tetracation
Today it means: Any cation, of general formula X⁴⁺, formed by the removal of four electrons from a neutral species Full definition →
English cation ← Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-) ← Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores