Where does “ijkboson” come from?

ijkboson (Dutch) comes from Dutch boson, from English boson, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ijkboson (Dutch): gauge boson

Definitions

  1. gauge boson

Ancestry of “ijkboson”, step by step

ijkboson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boson

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbosonboson
2EnglishbosonA particle with totally symmetric composite...
3English-önForming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta
4English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
5EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
6GermanKetonketone
7GermanAketonacetone
8Frenchacétoneacetone
9Latinacētumvinegar
10French-ateate
11Latin-ātused
12Proto-Italic-ātos
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Dutch ijken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchijkento gauge; to calibrate
2Middle Dutchīkento gauge
3Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos