Etymograph

English

heptaquark

From hepta- + quark.

Formed from hepta- + quark

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’

Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’

English hepta-

Today it means

noun Any hypothetical composite particle composed of seven quarks or antiquarks.

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