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Where does “antihypertriton” come from?

antihypertriton (English) comes from English hypertriton, from English Triton, from English trit, from English digit, from Middle English digit, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

antihypertriton (English): The antiparticle equivalent of a hypertriton,...

Definitions

  1. The antiparticle equivalent of a hypertriton,...

Ancestry of “antihypertriton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhypertritonA nuclear complex composed of a proton, a neutron...
2EnglishTriton—
3EnglishtritThe ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental...
4EnglishdigitThe whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic...
5Middle Englishdigitdigit
6Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
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