Where does “ミュー粒子” come from?

ミュー粒子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ミュー, from English Mu, from Ancient Greek μῦ, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌, from Proto-Semitic māy-, from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

ミュー粒子 (Japanese): a muon

Definitions

  1. a muon

Ancestry of “ミュー粒子”, step by step

ミュー粒子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ミュー

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseミューmu
2EnglishMuμ
3Ancient Greekμῦmu, the name for the twelfth letter Μ, μ of the...
4Phoenician𐤌𐤌water
5Proto-Semiticmāy-water
6Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water

via Japanese 粒子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese粒子a particle
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ-