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Where does “boson” come from?

boson (English) comes from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate.

boson (English): A particle with totally symmetric composite...

Definitions

  1. A particle with totally symmetric composite...

Ancestry of “boson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ön—
2English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
3EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
4GermanKetonketone
5GermanAketonacetone
6Frenchacétoneacetone
7Latinacētum—
8French-ate-ate
9Latin-ātus—
10Proto-Italic-ātos—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “boson”

  • bosonic
  • diboson
  • bosonization
  • bosonize
  • antiboson
  • multibosonic
  • bosonise
  • paraboson
  • quasiboson
  • triboson
  • multiboson
  • nonbosonic
  • bosonisation
  • debosonize
  • superboson
  • coboson
  • Higgs boson
  • bosino
  • ijkboson
  • Higgsboson
  • boson
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