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Where does “magneton” come from?

magneton (English) comes from French magneton, from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

magneton (English): any of several units of magnetic moment of an...

Definitions

  1. any of several units of magnetic moment of an...

Ancestry of “magneton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmagneton—
2French-onForming diminutives of things, including some...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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