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Where does “antipion” come from?

antipion (English) comes from English pion, from English Pi, from Ancient Greek πῖ, from Ancient Greek πεῖ, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.

antipion (English): The antiparticle of a pion

Definitions

  1. The antiparticle of a pion

Ancestry of “antipion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpionAny of three semistable mesons, having positive,...
2EnglishPi—
3Ancient GreekπῖAlternative form of πεῖ
4Ancient Greekπεῖpi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the...
5Proto-Semiticpay-the mouth
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