English
laddertron
From ladder + -tron.
Formed from ladder + -tron
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to lean’
Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō
Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju
Old English hlǣder ‘ladder’
Middle English ladder ‘ladder’
English ladder
Today it means
noun A device, in the form of a series of metal bars joined by non-conducting links, used in electrostatic accelerators
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Etymograph / laddertron