Where does “hopfionic” come from?

hopfionic (English) comes from English hopfion, from English soliton, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

hopfionic (English): Of or relating to hopfions

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to hopfions

Ancestry of “hopfionic”, step by step

hopfionic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hopfion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhopfionA knot in a three-dimensional continuous unit...
2EnglishsolitonA self-reinforcing pulse or travelling wave...
3English-önForming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta
4English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
5EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
6GermanKetonketone
7GermanAketonacetone
8Frenchacétoneacetone
9Latinacētumvinegar
10French-ateate
11Latin-ātused
12Proto-Italic-ātos
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -ate