"-on" meaning in English

See -on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ɒn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--on.wav [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *éimi Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion blend English electronbf. ▲ Ancient Greek -ον (-on)influ. English -on Back-formation from electron, influenced by Ancient Greek -ον (-on). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bf|electron|:influence|grc:-ον|id=particle or quantum|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *éimi Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion blend English electronbf. ▲ Ancient Greek -ον (-on)influ. English -on [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "blend", "terms" : [ { "id" : "electricity", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "electric", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "amber", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "amber", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἤλεκτρον", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ēlectrum", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "New Latin", "term" : "ēlectricus", "lang" : "la-new" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "electric", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "particle", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "ἰόν", "id" : "to go", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to go", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "go", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Graeco-Phrygian", "term" : "*éimi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-grp-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*éimi", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "εἶμι", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ion", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "Blend of", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "blend" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "electron", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-on", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="particle or quantum" data-lang="en" data-title="-on" id="English:_particle_or_quantum"> Back-formation from electron, influenced by Ancient Greek -ον (-on). Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -on, {{en-suffix}} -on
  1. (physics, mathematics) Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta. Tags: morpheme Coordinate_terms: -ino Translations ((physics) subatomic particles): [masculine] (Catalan), (zǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), -on (Dutch), -on [masculine] (French), -on [neuter] (German), -અણુ (-aṇu) (Gujarati), -अणु (-aṇu) (Hindi), -on (Interlingua), -one [masculine] (Italian), (shi) (Japanese), -अणू (-aṇū) (Marathi), -on (Norwegian Bokmål), -ão [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), -on [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), -он (-on) [masculine] (Russian), -ón [masculine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /-ɒn/, /-ən/
Etymology: Back-formation from carbon, first applied to boron and then to silicon. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bf|carbon<id:element>|id=noble gases}} [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "element", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "carbon", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "carbōnem", "id" : "charcoal", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "heat", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kerh₃-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "carbō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "carbone", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "carbon", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-on", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="noble gases" data-lang="en" data-title="-on" id="English:_noble_gases">, {{back-formation|en|carbon}} Back-formation from carbon Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -on, {{en-suffix}} -on
  1. (chemistry) Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements. Tags: morpheme Translations ((chemistry) nonmetal element): -on (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en--on-en-suffix-en:element Categories (other): Chemistry, English back-formations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Element nomenclature Disambiguation of English back-formations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 30 33 37 Disambiguation of Element nomenclature: 26 34 18 22 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology templates: {{ety|en|id=unit}} Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -on, {{en-suffix}} -on
  1. (biology, genetics) Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units. Tags: morpheme Translations ((genetics) basic or fundamental units): -on (French), -on (Norwegian Bokmål), -он (-on) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en--on-en-suffix-en:unit Categories (other): Biology, Genetics, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 30 33 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

Etymology: From the combining form of -one, as in sulfon-ic. Compare also -thion. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|id=substance}} Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -on, {{en-suffix}} -on
  1. Forms names for chemical compounds, often proprietary. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -thion
    Sense id: en--on-en-suffix-en:substance Categories (other): English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 23 21 24 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 23 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 5 1 0 3 3 3 5 5 5 1 1 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 3 15 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 7 2 9 9 10 13 4 4 5 1 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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