Where does “Q-ball” come from?
Q-ball (English) comes from English Q, from English Q-ship, from English Queenstown, from English town, from Middle English toun, from Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-Germanic andi — on, onto.
Q-ball (English): A charged soliton that represents the lowest...
Definitions
- A charged soliton that represents the lowest...
Ancestry of “Q-ball”, step by step
Q-ball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Q
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Q | The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | Q-ship | A merchant ship with concealed weaponry, designed... |
| 3 | English | Queenstown | situated on Lake Wakatipu, named after Queenstown in Ireland (now Cobh) |
| 4 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 5 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 6 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 7 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English ball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ball | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical... |
| 2 | Middle English | ball | Alternative form of bal; Alternative form of bale |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |