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Where does “nucleonic” come from?

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

nucleonic (English): Of, pertaining to, or composed of nucleons

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of nucleons

Ancestry of “nucleonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnucleonOne of the subatomic particles of the atomic...
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 “nucleonic”

  • subnucleonic
  • bionucleonic
  • internucleonic
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