Etymograph

English

hydron

From hydro- + -on.

A compound of hydro- + -on

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

English hydro-

Today it means

noun any hydrogen cation, e.g. a proton (¹H⁺)

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