Etymology of the English word electron
the English word
electronusing the English suffix
-onderived from the English word
electricderived from the Latin word
electricus (electric)
derived from the Latin word
electrum (electrum; amber; electron)
derived from the Greek word
elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)
derived from the Greek word
elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)
Date
The earliest known usage of electron in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
ignitron,
magneton,
magnetron,
negatron,
synchrotron,
antielectron,
electronic,
electrovalence,
mesotron,
photoelectron,
thermoelectronDerivations in other languages
French
électronCognates
Dutch
elektrode, Dutch
elektron, English
electrode, French
électrum, French
électrode, French
électron, German
Elektrode, Icelandic
elktróda, Norwegian
elektron, Swedish
elektrod, Swedish
elektronUsage
Word found in Modern English
