Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “toponium” come from?

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

toponium (English): Any hypothetical meson formed from a top quark...

Definitions

  1. Any hypothetical meson formed from a top quark...

Ancestry of “toponium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-oniumDesignating an onium particle; Used to form names...
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 “toponium”

  • stoponium
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →