Where does “Dalton” come from?

Dalton comes from Old English dæl, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰol-, meaning to divide or split.

Dalton (English): a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16...

Definitions

  1. a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16...

Ancestry of “Dalton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdælpart; valley
2Proto-West Germanicdailipart
3Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “Dalton”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →