Where does “anionic” come from?

Anionic is derived from anion, which combines Ancient Greek ἀνά meaning "up" with the suffix -icus from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

anionic (English): Of or pertaining to an anion; an anionic...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an anion; an anionic...

Ancestry of “anionic”, step by step

anionic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Anio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAnioAniene
2Spanishañoyear; age
3Latinānusa ring
4Kabuverdianuanoswe, first person plural
5Portuguesenóswe; us; "first-person plural objective personal...
6Old Portugueseenos
7Old Portugueseosthe
8Vulgar Latin*lōs
9Latinillōs
10Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
11LatinolleArchaic form of ille
12Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via English anion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanionA negatively charged ion
2Ancient Greekἀνιόνgoing up
3Ancient Greekἄνειμιgo up
4Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
5Proto-Hellenic*anáup, upon

Words derived from “anionic

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos