Where does “muon” come from?
Muon is a shortened form of mu-meson, from English meson, ultimately from Greek mesos meaning middle, referring to a particle with mass between an electron and proton.
muon (English): An unstable elementary particle in the lepton...
Definitions
- An unstable elementary particle in the lepton...
Ancestry of “muon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mu-meson | A muon |
| 2 | English | meson | The mesial plane dividing the body into similar... |
| 3 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 4 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 5 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 6 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 7 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 8 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 9 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 10 | French | -ate | ate |
| 11 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |