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Where does “neon” come from?

neon (Romanian) comes from French néon, from English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον, from Ancient Greek νέος, from Latin fēlēs, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää.

neon (Romanian): neon

Definitions

  1. neon

Ancestry of “neon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnéonneon
2EnglishneonThe chemical element with an atomic number of...
3Ancient Greekνέονinflection of νέος : ## accusative singular...
4Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
5Latinfēlēs—
6Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
7Proto-Uralicpidetall
8Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
9Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
10Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—
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