Where does “quarks” come from?
quarks (French) comes from French quark, from English quark, from German Quark, from German twarc, from Proto-Slavic tvьrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *twírˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European twerH- — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
quarks (French): plural of quark
Ancestry of “quarks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | quark | quark |
| 2 | English | quark | In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic... |
| 3 | German | Quark | quark; nonsense; rubbish; baloney; a quark |
| 4 | German | twarc | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | tvьrdъ | hard, firm, solid |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *twírˀtas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |