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Where does “antifluxon” come from?

antifluxon (English) comes from English fluxon, from English flux, from Old French flux, from Latin fluxus, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

antifluxon (English): The antiparticle of a fluxon

Definitions

  1. The antiparticle of a fluxon

Ancestry of “antifluxon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluxonThe quasiparticle of electric or magnetic flux
2EnglishfluxThe act of flowing; a continuous moving on or...
3Old Frenchfluxdiarrhea
4Latinfluxusflow; flux; flowing, fluid
5Latinfluō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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