English
gaugeon
From gauge + -on.
Formed from gauge + -on
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-
Proto-Germanic *galgô ‘pole, stake, cross’
Frankish *galgā ‘measuring rod, pole’
Middle English gauge ‘a customary measurement or scale’
English gauge
Today it means
noun An extended form of gauge boson
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gaugeon