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Where does “pionic” come from?

pionic (English) comes from English pion, from English Pi, from Ancient Greek πῖ, from Ancient Greek πεῖ, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.

pionic (English): Of, pertaining to, or composed of pions

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of pions

Ancestry of “pionic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpionAny of three semistable mesons, having positive,...
2EnglishPi—
3Ancient GreekπῖAlternative form of πεῖ
4Ancient Greekπεῖpi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the...
5Proto-Semiticpay-the mouth

Words derived from “pionic”

  • nonpionic
Every word from Proto-Semitic pay- →