Where does “fluxon” come from?
fluxon (English) comes 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-.
fluxon (English): The quasiparticle of electric or magnetic flux
Definitions
- The quasiparticle of electric or magnetic flux
Ancestry of “fluxon”, step by step
fluxon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flux
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flux | The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or... |
| 2 | Old French | flux | diarrhea |
| 3 | Latin | fluxus | flow; flux; flowing, fluid |
| 4 | Latin | fluō | to flow, stream, pour |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |