Where does “majoron” come from?
majoron (English) comes from Italian Majorana, from Sicilian Majurana, from Latin maiorana, from Latin mezurana, from Sanskrit मरुव — marjoram.
majoron (English): A hypothetical Goldstone boson
Definitions
- A hypothetical Goldstone boson
Ancestry of “majoron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | Majorana | — |
| 2 | Sicilian | Majurana | a place named after the presence of the homonymous plant |
| 3 | Latin | maiorana | marjoram (O. majorana), a plant of the mint family |
| 4 | Latin | mezurana | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | मरुव | marjoram |
Words derived from “majoron”