Where does “실리콘” come from?

실리콘 (Korean) comes from English Silicon, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

실리콘 (Korean): silicon

Definitions

  1. silicon

Ancestry of “실리콘”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSiliconA nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855
2English-önForming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta
3English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
4EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
5GermanKetonketone
6GermanAketonacetone
7Frenchacétoneacetone
8Latinacētumvinegar
9French-ateate
10Latin-ātused
11Proto-Italic-ātos
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos