English
ionics
From ion + -ics.
Formed from ion + -ics
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 The study of ionic conductors.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ionics