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Where does “neon” come from?

Neon comes from Ancient Greek νέον, derived from Ancient Greek νέος, which traces to Ancient Greek νέϝος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European néwos meaning new.

neon (English): The chemical element with an atomic number of...

Definitions

  1. The chemical element with an atomic number of...

Ancestry of “neon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνέονinflection of νέος : ## accusative singular...
2Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
3Latinfēlēs—
4Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
5Proto-Uralicpidetall
6Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
7Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
8Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “neon”

  • neoned
  • neonlike
  • radioneon
  • neons
  • neonist
  • néon
  • ネオン
  • neon
  • νέον
  • neon
  • neon
  • neon
  • నియాను
  • neon
  • نيون
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