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Where does “mu-meson” come from?

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

mu-meson (English): A muon

Definitions

  1. A muon

Ancestry of “mu-meson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmesonThe mesial plane dividing the body into similar...
2English-ön—
3English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
4EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
5GermanKetonketone
6GermanAketonacetone
7Frenchacétoneacetone
8Latinacētum—
9French-ate-ate
10Latin-ātus—
11Proto-Italic-ātos—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “mu-meson”

  • muon
  • muonic
  • muonium
  • dimuon
  • antimuon
  • smuon
  • trimuon
  • muononium
  • muonless
  • antimuonium
  • nonmuonic
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