Where does “Higgsboson” come from?
Higgsboson (Dutch) comes from English Higgs boson, from English Higgs, from English Hick, from English Richard, from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, from Frankish Rīkahard — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Higgsboson (Dutch): Higgs boson
Definitions
- Higgs boson
Ancestry of “Higgsboson”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Higgs boson | An elementary particle in the Standard Model,... |
| 2 | English | Higgs | pertaining to the Higgs mechanism/Higgs force;... |
| 3 | English | Hick | pet form of Richard |
| 4 | English | Richard | A turd |
| 5 | Middle English | Rycharde | — |
| 6 | Old French | Richard | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | Richardus | — |
| 8 | Frankish | Rīkahard | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | Rīkaharduz | A male given name |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |