English

electrion

Blend of electric + ion.

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’

Latin ēlectrum ‘amber’

New Latin ēlectricus ‘electrical’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’

Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’

Ancient Greek εἶμι ‘I go’

Ancient Greek ἰόν ‘going’

English ion

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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